Marine South East joins with Italy and Spain to develop coastal renewable energy
WICO (Wind of the Coast) is a new project that Marine South East and partners in Province of Ravenna Italy and Diputacion Provincial de Huelva Spain have set up to promote renewable energy.
The project will identify and develop best practice in the public sector to promote successful large-scale deployment of renewable energy schemes. The aim is to maximise the benefits of wind power to the regional economy, environment and society.
The project started in July this year and will run until September 2011 as part of the European Interreg IVC Atlantic Area - POWER Programme.
The main goal is to exchange know how and experience of deploying large-scale renewable energy schemes along our coastlines. This would include the development of guidelines for the application of small wind systems.
Coastal areas offer a wide range of opportunities to produce wind, current and tidal derived renewable energy. The WICO partners have identified small wind systems as a technology capable of integration with other kind of renewable energy systems to exploit the presence of renewable resources like marine breezes.
Through engagement with policy makers and organisations with planning responsibilities WICO will develop guidelines designed to facilitate the development of policies to enable faster and wider deployment of small-scale renewable energy systems.
The project will also create a transferrable tool to allow both the sharing of technical information on 'new generation' systems and the knowledge required to overcome barriers to the wider use of this technology (policies, economic viability of applications, financial incentive systems, awareness, etc).
To find out more contact Simon Powell simon@marinesoutheast.co.uk
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