Umeco will be
exhibiting its Structural materials and Tooling prepreg technologies for the
renewable energy market on Stand F89 at the 2012 All-Energy show in the Aberdeen
Exhibition and Conference Centre - Bridge of Don, Aberdeen on the 23 and 24
May.
The stand will feature a 1/72 scale model of the Sea-Spider, Renewergen Ltd’s
70m diameter 6.5 MW vertical axis tidal energy device designed to capture the
energy that is contained within a large moving body of water. Simon Sanderson
and his business partner David Loughlin have been awarded a £100,000 grant from
the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF) to develop their Sea-Spider technology.
Renewergen Ltd. chose Umeco Structural materials as their preferred
composites partner for the project both for our ability to customise and
engineer our prepregs for specific end applications, and for our experience in
the tidal energy generation sector.
We will be promoting our advanced Variable Temperature Moulding (VTM®) and
Medium Temperature Moulding (MTM®) resin systems and flexible production
methodology at the show. Our materials and ability to provide a custom materials
service have made us a leading supplier of prepregs for manufacturing turbine
blades, spars, supporting structures and components for wind, wave and tidal
energy generating projects.
Richard Horn, Renewable Energy Sector Manager – Umeco Structural materials,
said: “We are keen to promote our ‘Concept to Reality’ service to new and
existing device developers in all sectors of the renewable energy market. Umeco
has considerable expertise and offers assistance with design analysis, tooling,
prototyping and pilot production, as well as being able to supply material for
any project, regardless of its size or complexity. All-Energy is the ideal
exhibition to showcase our latest product developments. We look forward to
another successful event.”