FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility
The FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility, or FloWave Test Tank is a basin designed to test physical scale models of marine renewable energy devices, in a combined wave and current environment.- Email: tom.davey@flowave.ed.ac.uk
- Type: University building
- Description: ocean energy research facility
- Also known as: “FloWave TT” and “FloWaveTT”
- Address: Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Observatory and Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library.
Royal Observatory
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh is an astronomical institution located on Blackford Hill in Edinburgh. The site is owned by the Science and Technology Facilities Council. Royal Observatory is situated 2,000 feet west of FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility.
Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library
Library
Photo: Drkirstyross, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library is situated 800 feet east of FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility.
Crew Building
University building
Photo: marsupium photography, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crew Building is an university building, which is situated 400 feet northeast of FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackford and Newington.
Blackford
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blackford is an area in the south of Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. It is located near Morningside, and The Grange. Blackford Hill dominates the view to the south.
Newington
Suburb
Photo: CPClegg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Newington is a neighbourhood of southern Edinburgh, Scotland. Developed from the early 19th century, it is an affluent, predominantly residential area.
Mayfield
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mayfield is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about one mile south from the city centre, with Craigmillar to the south-east and Newington to the north. Mayfield is also the name of several streets in the area.
FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility
- Categories: research center, building, and education
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9221° or 55° 55′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.17861° or 3° 10′ 43″ westHeight
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C7RWRCC+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 240052944OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q18736908
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