The 1st AWTEC (Asia Wave and Tidal Energy Conference) will be held in Jeju, Korea from Nov. 27 to Nov. 30, 2012.
AWTEC is an international technical and scientific conference under EWTEC organization, focused on ocean wave and tidal renewable energies and widely respected for its commitment to maintain high standards in the quality of academic and industrial contributions to its proceedings. AWTEC provides attendees with a perfect forum for knowledge transfer and debate at the cutting edge of marine renewable energy technology and also provide the recent activities in Asian region.
The supporting conference, EWTEC is well established among renewable energy conferences, with a history stretching back to 1993. And it is now recognized as the leading conference in the areas of wave and tidal energies in the world.
Technical Topics
The conference topics listed below span the fields of wave and tidal energy research together with offshore wind and OTEC, ranging from technical through to cross-cutting policy, finance and environmental subjects
– Wave and tidal energy resource characterization
– Offshore wind and OTEC technologies
– Device development and testing
– Device hydrodynamics and structural mechanics
– Power take-off and device control
– Device and environmental modeling
– Environmental impact and appraisal
– Policy development and legislation
– Socio-economic impact
– Grid connection and system aspects
– Future markets and financing
– Smart grid technology
[mappress] Press Release, November 07, 2012