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16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2025)

Conference

Title: 16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2025)
Date:
7-11 September 2025
Location:
Madeira, Portugal
Venue:
Madeira Tecnopolo
Technology:
Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave

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EWTEC

The 16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference will take place between 7-11 September 2025 in Madeira, Portugal. The EWTEC series are international, technical and scientific conferences, focusing on renewable marine energy – wave and tidal – which are derived from the water column in the ocean.

EWTEC is well established among renewable energy conferences showing considerable growth since its launch in 1993. Since its inception, EWTEC has provided global focus for all activities in wave and tidal energy conversion technologies, research, development and demonstration.

EWTEC is widely respected for its commitment to high quality of academic and industrial contributions, which are peer reviewed, delivered at the conference and published in the proceedings. Highly impactful outputs from the conference proceedings are normally selected to be published in the EWTEC’s International Marine Energy Journal.

EWTEC 2025 TRACKS 

  • Wave device development and testing
  • Wave hydrodynamic modelling
  • Grid and Off integration, power take-off and control
  • Tidal device development and testing
  • Tidal hydrodynamic modelling
  • Tidal resource characterization
  • Wave resource characterization
  • Markets, financing, certification and standardization
  • Marine spatial planning, environmental impact and appraisal
  • Structural mechanics – materials, fatigue, loadings
  • Station-keeping, moorings and foundations
  • Operations, maintenance and decommissioning
  • Co-location, hybridization and synergies in the Blue Economy
  • Supply chain, economic, social, legal and political aspects of ocean energy

Event Documents

The following is a list of papers and presentations produced by this event.

Title Author Date Technology Stressor Receptor
A guide for co-locating marine energy and aquaculture Freeman, M., Garavelli, L., Branch, R. Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning, Stakeholder Engagement
Environmental effects of marine renewable energy off-grid and micro-grid applications: a use case approach to assess existing knowledge and remaining uncertainties Hemery, L., Weicht, L., Copping, A. Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts
The socio-economic benefits of tidal power to the European economy Noble, D., Grattan, K., Jeffrey, H. Marine Energy, Tidal Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Minimizing environmental risks to progress the marine renewable energy industry Garavelli, L., Rose, D., Freeman, M. Marine Energy Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise
Environmental DNA for fish monitoring around tidal energy devices Hemery, L., Pereira, L., Jones, K. Marine Energy, Tidal Fish, Pelagic Fish
Life Cycle Assessment of co-located floating offshore wind and wave energy technologies in Portugal Bastos, P., Breyer, C., Kluge, S. Marine Energy, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment

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