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  • HOME
  • About
    • Policy and Innovation Group
    • The team
    • Contact
  • Policy Guidance
    • Policymakers Toolkit
  • Projects
    • Present Projects >
      • FORWARD2030
      • MAXBLADE
      • EURO-TIDES
      • SEETIP Ocean
      • SuperGen ORE
    • Past Projects: Devices and subsystems >
      • C-Gen
      • CLEARWATER
      • E-Drive
      • Elasto
      • EMERGE
      • EnFAIT
      • FLOTANT
      • Hi-Drive
      • IMAGINE
      • Inflatable DEG–PTO
      • LEANWIND
      • NeSSIE
      • OPERA
      • ORECCA
      • TiPA
      • TROPOS
      • UMACK
      • Waveboost
      • Wavetrain
    • Past Projects: Tools and coordination >
      • DTOcean
      • DTOceanPlus
      • ETIP Ocean
      • ETIP Ocean 2
      • EVOLVE
      • IEC
      • International Marine Energy Attractiveness Index
      • MARINET
      • OES Vision for Ocean Energy
      • SI OCEAN
      • SuperGEN
      • UKERC
      • UKERC Book
  • Publications
    • Papers
    • Reports
    • Roadmaps >
      • UKERC Roadmap
      • ETI Roadmap
      • MEAP
      • US Roadmap
      • Canadian Roadmap
      • ORECCA Roadmap
      • OES Vision for Ocean Energy
      • Chilean Roadmap
    • Wave Energy Programme
  • Sector Engagement
    • EERA
    • ETIP Ocean
    • OES IEA
    • Consultancy

Policy and Innovation Group
​Analysing the dynamics of innovation in offshore renewable energy systems

About us

The Policy and Innovation Research Group analyses the dynamics of innovation in offshore renewable energy systems. Specialising in technology assessment and the relationships between policy, investment and innovation, we provide trusted analysis and advice throughout a network of academic research, industry and policy stakeholders.​ 
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More about the Group.

Video courtesy of IEA OES.

Latest Updates

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The Ocean Energy Policymakers Toolkit
​ Update April 2025: The second report in the series: "What is the value of innovative offshore renewable energy to the UK economy?" has been updated and expanded, to reflect recent changes in the economic landscape and additionally quantifying jobs within the sector.

Forming a clear, consistent and coordinated policy framework is a vital step in helping to accelerate the commercialisation and long-term viability of the ocean energy sector. For prospective policy-makers, attempting to do so can raise many questions:
  • What represents a realistic deployment target?
  • What are the potential socio-economic benefits?
  • How can ocean energy benefit the national energy system
  • How should future challenge areas be identified, targeted and budgeted for?
  • Most importantly of all, what will be the costs and how will they be responsibly funded?
The Ocean Energy Policymakers Toolkit, is a series of five reports that aims to provide the answers to these questions.
Read more and download the reports.

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Future Economic Potential of Tidal Stream & Wave Energy in Scotland
January 2025
This latest report from Policy & Innovation Group at the University of Edinburgh highlights the potential economic benefit of tidal stream and wave energy in Scotland.
  • Nearly 9 GW of tidal stream and wave energy could be deployed in Scottish waters by 2050.
  • Projects across the UK could generate over £8bn in economic benefit to the Scottish economy by 2050.
  • These deployments could contribute over 15,000 jobs in 2050.
To ensure that these deployments are led by Scottish companies and organisations, establishing a highly competitive and modernised domestic supply chain is increasingly important. To deliver the GVA and jobs potential for both sectors, this summary report provides a set of policy recommendations.
Read more and download the report.

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2024 UK Ocean Energy Review
A Year of Marked Progress for the UK Ocean Energy Sector
Published 30 Jan. 2025.

The Policy and Innovation Group at The University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with the Supergen ORE Hub, Wave Energy Scotland and the Marine Energy Council, are pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 UK Ocean Energy Review that summarises the progress of ocean energy technology, markets and policy achieved by the UK in the last year.

Read more and download the report.


Upcoming Policy & Innovation Group report quoted in Westminster
16 Jan. 2025
Results from an upcoming report by the Policy & Innovation Group were quoted by Alistair Carmichael MP in his opening remarks to the recent Backbench Business debate on UK Government support for the marine renewables industry. He expressed his hope that this work will be able to “significantly progress the debate [on marine energy] as we head towards AR7”.
The report “Future economic potential of Tidal Stream & Wave Energy in Scotland” was published early in February 2025.
You can watch the debate on Parliament TV or read the transcript in Hansard.

Projects

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EURO-TIDES logo
SEETIP Ocean Logo
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Our Team

The Policy and Innovation Group is composed by enthusiastic researchers dedicated to the analysis and promotion of ocean energy. The team is led by Mr Henry Jeffrey, Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.

Henry Jeffrey

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Head of Policy and Innovation Group

The Team

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Meet the team

Contact

The University of Edinburgh
School of Engineering
​Faraday Building, The King's Buildings
Colin Maclaurin Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3DW

​Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5570 ​​
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