Despite advances in overall global electrification rates, access to electricity is still far from achieved. As of today, 1.1 billion people remain without access to electricity, which includes over 550 million people in Africa and 300 million people in India alone (International Energy Agency, 2012), while an additional 1 billion people lack access to reliable electricity networks (United Nations Foundation).
Maritime Communication Seminar
On 15th February 2017, a Maritime Communication Seminar was held in Trondheim. It was a cooperative initiative between AP Norway, NFAS (Norwegian Forum for Autonomous Ships) and Geminisenter Maritime Communication.
A good communication solution for use at sea is a critical component of an autonomous ship system and many new and existing projects are looking into this problem. To give interested parties an overview of the situation regarding maritime communication and new autonomous ship projects, the Norwegian Forum for Autonomous Ships (NFAS), the Gemini Centre for Maritime Communication at NTNU and SINTEF as well as the European Space Agency's Integrated Applications Programme (IAP) sponsored a seminar on maritime communication and autonomous ships in Trondheim. The seminar was held at the premises of NTNU and SINTEF at Tyholt in Trondheim and had about 70 participants.
The seminar agenda included presentations on the IAP programme and the role of APNorway, the test arena for autonomous vessels in Trondheimsfjorden, global communication services (Global Express and GMDSS). Norwegian regulatory interest in CEPT (Committee of European Postal & Telephone) and ITU, communication possibilities in the High North, LEO satellite systems for AIS and VDES, communication security (QoS), cyber security, autonomous systems and remote operation and control.
The presentations can be downloaded from http://nfas.autonomous-ship.org/gmknfas-170215/program.html
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AP Norway: 15th February 2017, Trondheim
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Offshore Energy and the Space Industry
The ESA IAP programme partnered with Aberdeen Renewables Energy Group (AREG), the Offshore Renewables Energy (ORE) Catapult and Space Network Scotland (SNS) to introduce the IAP Programme to the Offshore Wind Energy Industry in Aberdeen. The workshop was held on 19th January 2017 at the Science Centre in Aberdeen, with 35 attendees including participants from 14 different companies.
The meeting covered the opportunities available through the ESA IAP programme to develop potentially game-changing concepts that could provide the solution to challenges in satellite services for offshore energy.
Four speakers covered the programme. Ian Downey, ESA IAP Ambassador for the United Kingdom, provided an overview of the IAP programme and funding mechanism, and Andrew Tipping, ORE Catapult, presented information on some of the offshore wind challenges for satellite applications.
Jörg Biesewig, CEO of Megatel GmbH and Vital Teresa from GMV Portugal presented on their respective IAP projects, Com4shore and ISSWIND and described their experiences of working with ESA. Their message was that the discipline imposed by ESA on their projects was extremely valuable in delivering a successful outcome.
Networking opportunities were provided both at lunchtime and later during a break in the afternoon’s proceedings.
Event Report prepared by Callum Norrie and Gillian Mayman, both Space Network Scotland.
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