"Direct Generation - Using soft robotics technology to harvest wave energy"
About
"Direct generation" is a potentially revolutionary change to how electricity can be generated from the sea. Innovators 4c Engineering have identified a generation technology with the potential to remove the need for gearboxes, bearings and most of the large rigid structures traditionally used in wave energy converters (WECs). By replacing these components with mass producible, compliant Dielectric Fluid Generators (DFGs) there is the potential for a significant reduction in the cost of WECs along with improving redundancy by minimising single points of failure.
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
19 Mar 2025
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Organiser
- Scotland North Local Network
Speakers
Andy Hall MEng CEng MIMechE
Managing Director - 4C Engineering
Andy is a Chartered Engineer with almost 20 years experience in the renewable energy sector including work with AWS Ocean Engineering and Voith Hydro Wavegen. For the last 10 years, Andy has been the managing director of innovation company 4c Engineering, an engineering and technology development company that specialises in delivering solutions to the most challenging of problems. With a team of creative and experienced engineers, 4cE specialises in concept development, technology readiness assessment, simulation, and full-scale engineering, offering expertise in design, analysis, and prototype development. 4c Engineering has successfully collaborated on numerous large-scale R&D projects and is committed to advancing sustainable technology.