Offshore Renewable Energy: challenges and opportunities
海洋可再生能源：挑战与机遇
Offshore renewable energy (ORE) has long been recognised as having huge potential. The UK has the second-highest tidal range in the world and there are estimates that around 50% of Europe's tidal energy resource and 35% of European wave resource lies in its waters. The UK is a world leader in offshore renewable energy and aims to deliver 43-50 GW of offshore wind by 2030 to reduce our fossil-fuel dependency as set out in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan. In 2025, the Crown Estate leased sites for 4.5GW Floating Wind in the Celtic Sea for development by 2035, and the recently published CfD Allocation Round 7 awarded 8.2 GW of fixed-bottom offshore wind and 200 MW of floating capacity. Professor Deborah Greaves will outline the key areas of research in developing our ORE and the challenges and opportunities in meeting the potential. She will introduce the Supergen ORE Hub’s research landscape and activities and discuss ongoing research and new opportunities.
黛博拉·格里夫斯（Deborah Greaves）现任牛津大学土木工程法定教授（Statutory Professor of Civil Engineering）。此前，她曾任普利茅斯大学海洋工程教授、脱碳与离岸可再生能源跨学科研究中心主任、COAST实验室主任，并于2016年至2022年期间担任工程、计算与数学学院院长。
她的研究兴趣包括海洋及离岸可再生能源，以及波浪与结构相互作用的物理与数值模拟。格里夫斯教授曾领导多项由工业界与学术界合作开展的离岸可再生能源（ORE）国家级及国际级研究项目，同时担任英国工程与物理科学研究委员会（EPSRC）“Supergen离岸可再生能源中心”主任，并领导EPSRC高端计算联盟及波浪–结构相互作用协作计算项目。
她于2018年获授大英帝国官佐勋章（OBE）；2020年当选为英国皇家工程院院士；2022年被任命为EPSRC理事会成员；获清华大学授予荣誉教授称号；并将于2026年出任英国海事工程科学与技术学会（IMarEST）主席。
