Coal and Tidal Research

The request was successful.

Dear Nottingham Trent University,

I would like to formally request the following information
regarding Tidal Energy (also Tidal turbines, Transverse Horizontal
Axis Water Turbine, Tidal arrays, Tidal array systems, Tidal power,
Tidal stream energy, Tidal stream turbines, Tidal stream power,
Power extraction from tidal channels, Unidirectional power
extraction, Cross-flow turbine, Axial flow devices, Turbine farms,
Tidal farms, and Tidal turbine farms):

1) The total value of successful research grants received by the
university in the area of Tidal Energy, between Jan 1st 2001 and
31st July 2015, broken down by each year?

2) The value of each individual research grant received in the area
of Tidal Energy, between Jan 1st 2001 and 31st July 2015, as well
as. the year they were received and who funded the grant?

3) The value of any donations or partnerships received for research
in the area of Tidal Energy, between Jan 1st 2001 and 31st July
2015, as well as. the year they were received and who funded the
grant? I would also like to formally request the following
information regarding the extraction, processing and combustion of
coal (including Coal harvesting, Coal mining strategies, Coal
exploitation, Carbon/coal utilization, Coal mining dynamics, Coal
exploitation, Coal resourcing, Coal and carbon storage, Underground
coal gasification, Coal gasification, Coal crushing and screening,
Coal pyrolysis & carbonisation, Coal restoration and reservation,
Environmental and coal technologies, Clean coal power and
technologies, Climate change and clean coal, Future coal
technologies, The UK coal resource and Advanced energy programs).

4) The total value of successful research grants received by the
university in the area of the extraction, processing and combustion
of coal, between Jan 1st 2001 and 31st July 2015, broken down by
each year?

5) The value of each individual research grant received in the area
of the extraction, processing and combustion of coal, between Jan
1st 2001 and 31st July 2015, as well as. the year they were
received and who funded the grant?

6) The value of any donations or partnerships received for research
in the area of the extraction, processing and combustion of coal,
between Jan 1st 2001 and 31st July 2015, as well as. the year they
were received and who funded the grant?

Please could you confirm
you have received this request.

Yours faithfully,

Robyn

LSE FOI Enquiries, Nottingham Trent University

Dear Robyn

Thank you for your email dated 21 August 2015 requesting information under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  The University is considering your
request and will respond to you within the stipulated timescale under the
legislation of 20 working days. If further clarification is required in
relation to your request we will contact you shortly, otherwise you should
hear further from us on or before 21 September 2015. 

In the meantime, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact
[1][email address].   

Kind regards

Stacey

Stacey Purseglove

Legal Services Administrator

Legal Services

Nottingham Trent University

Tel: 0115 848 8756

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LSE FOI Enquiries, Nottingham Trent University

Dear Robyn

I write in response to your email dated 21 August 2015 requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the University has considered your request and responds to your questions as set out below. The University has used the definition of research as defined by HESA in responding to your questions:

1) The total value of successful research grants received by the university in the area of Tidal Energy, between Jan 1st 2001 and 31st July 2015, broken down by each year?

£10,000 - 2007.

2) The value of each individual research grant received in the area of Tidal Energy, between Jan 1st 2001 and 31st July 2015, as well as the year they were received and who funded the grant?

£10,000 – 2007; UK Central Government SIS fund (Stimulating Industry in Science).

3) The value of any donations or partnerships received for research in the area of Tidal Energy, between Jan 1st 2001 and 31st July 2015, as well as the year they were received and who funded the grant?

Nil.

4) The total value of successful research grants received by the university in the area of extraction, processing and combustion of coal, between Jan 1st 2001 and 31st July 2015, broken down by each year?

£124,849 total for the period of which:
£85,262 - 2012;
£39,587 - 2015.

5) The value of each individual research grants received in the area of extraction, processing and combustion of coal, between Jan 1st 2001 and 31st July 2015, as well as the year they were received and who funded the grant?

£85,262 – 2012; Knowledge Transfer Partnership;
£39,587 – 2015; EU Commission.

6) The value of any donations or partnerships received for research in the area of extraction, processing and combustion of coal, between Jan 1st 2001 and 31st July 2015, as well as the year they were received and who funded the grant?

Nil.

The University has responded to the questions raised within your email dated 21 August 2015. If you feel that the University has misunderstood your request in any way or you are dissatisfied with the response to your request, please do not hesitate to contact [email address]. Further information on Freedom of Information at the University, including details of the University’s internal review procedure, is available on our website at: http://www.ntu.ac.uk/about_ntu/policies/....

Regards
Stacey

Stacey Purseglove
Legal Services Administrator
Legal Services
Nottingham Trent University
Tel: 0115 848 8756

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