Reports & Papers
About Pelamis
Innovations case study. Pelamis Wave Power: Making wave energy accessible. The Carbon Trust, July 2009
Design, simulation, and testing of a novel hydraulic power take-off system for the Pelamis wave energy converter. Renewable Energy 31/2, pp271-283. Ross Henderson, Ocean Power Delivery, February 2006. * Subscription/Athens login required
Measurements of the slow drift dynamics of a model Pelamis wave energy converter. Renewable Energy 31/2, pp257-269. Chris Retzler, Ocean Power Delivery, February 2006. * Subscription/Athens login required
Maximum wave-power absorption by attenuating line absorbers under volume constraints. Paul Stansell, David J. Pizer. Cornell University Library, December 2011
Pelamis: experience from concept to connection. Richard Yemm, David Pizer, Chris Retzler and Ross Henderson. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society, January 28, 2012 vol 370 no. 1959 pp365-380
About marine power
Why marine? BWEA (now Renewable UK), 2006
Wave and Tidal Energy in the UK: State of the Industry Report. RenewableUK, March 2011
Marine Energy Action Plan. Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), March 2010
The Next Steps for Marine Energy. RenewableUK Action Plan, March 2010
Channelling the Energy. A Way Forward for the UK Wave & Tidal Industry Towards 2020. RenewableUK, October 2010.
The benefits of marine technologies within a diversified renewables mix. A report for the British Wind Energy Association by Redpoint Energy Limited, April 2009
Marine Renewable Energy. State of the industry report, BWEA, October 2009
Future Marine Energy. Results of the Marine Energy Challenge: Cost competitiveness and growth of wave and tidal stream energy. The Carbon Trust, January 2006. * Login required
Theo Murphy Meeting Issue ‘The peaks and troughs of wave energy: the dreams and the reality’ organized and edited by Francis Farley, Rod Rainey and John Chaplin. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society, January 28, 2012 vol 370 no. 1959
The Path to Power. Delivering confidence in Britain’s wave and tidal stream industry. BWEA (now RenewableUK), June 2006
Marine Energy Road Map. Forum for Renewable Development in Scotland, August 2009
Harnessing Scotland’s Marine Energy Potential. Marine Energy Group Report, Scottish Executive, July 2004
Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources. BERR, March 2008
Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Round 1 Development Sites. The Crown Estate, March 2010. * Copyright request
About renewable energy in the UK
The UK National Renewable Energy Action Plan. Office for Renewable Energy Deployment (ORED), July 2010
The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan. National strategy for climate and energy, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), July 2009
Renewables Action Plan. Scottish Government, June 2009, and updated January 2010
Scotland’s Renewable Energy Potential: realising the 2020 target. Future Generation Group Report, Forum for Renewable Energy Development in Scotland, 2005
