Hundreds of delegates from across the world are set to descent on Stornoway later this month for a new conference looking at the environmental impact of offshore renewables.
The conference, staged by Lews Castle College, will mark the second staging of the Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables event, which will look at the impact of offshore renewable devices on marine flora and fauna.
More than 200 delegates are expected to attend the event, which gets underway on April 28, with Australian, Chinese and US firms among those heading to Stornaway.
“An understanding of the interactions of marine energy converters with the environment is important to maximise development opportunities while sustaining the rich and diverse coastal habitats at our shorelines,” said organiser Arne Vögler.
“This conference will allow the international research community to exchange experiences and findings from marine energy developments around the globe.
“We look forward to the interesting discussions between people from our coastal communities, researchers from national and international institutes and representatives from regulators and energy developers.”
The event follows on from the first conference, which took place in Orkney in 2012, and has been backed by a number of organisations, includng the US department of energy, Orkney’s European Marine Energy Centre and Aberdeen University.
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