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

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
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Latitude

55.9221° or 55° 55′ 20″ north

Longitude

-3.17861° or 3° 10′ 43″ west

Height

33 feet (10 metres)

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

9C7RWRCC+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 240052944

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

Wikidata ID

Q18736908

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