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University Technology Licensing Opportunities - Energy

Scotland has a diverse and dynamic energy sector.

With over 40 years of development of the North Sea Oil and Gas fields, Scotland has built up an almost unrivalled expertise in petroleum, oil & gas and sub-sea technologies. Throughout this period the industry has been supported with world class research and development assistance from Scotland’s Universities particularly those in Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh. Research and Development areas supporting Oil and Gas exploration and production include:

• Offshore safety engineering
• Environmental management
• Remediation
• Decommissioning
• Oilfield chemistry
• Gas Hydrates
• Hydrocarbon recovery methods
• Drilling and production
• Reservoir characterisation, fluids and geophysics

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Scotland is also blessed with an abundance of natural renewable energy sources. With an enormous coastline, mountainous terrain and windy climate, it is an ideal environment for the development of renewable energy technology. Scotland’s universities have developed a wide research base covering many aspects of renewable power generation and distribution.

Areas of expertise include:

• Tidal and wave power systems
• Wind power generation systems
• Storage – fuel cells, hydrogen generation and advanced battery technology
• Lightweight power generation systems for wind, wave & tidal systems
• Photovoltaic energy

Scotland’s Universities are working in collaboration with companies across the world to help develop the next generation of energy technologies. The Scottish University Technology database contains constantly changing opportunities for development and commercial exploitation. Please click here to view all the current energy related technology licensing and development opportunities. Each opportunity request for further information puts you directly in touch with the originating university.