Southampton Solent Coal & Tidal Research

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Dear Southampton Solent 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,

Ellie Appleton

Freedom of Information, Solent University, Southampton

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information, received by Southampton Solent University on 1st September 2015.

Your request will be considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days, as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt.

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Kind Regards

Suzanne Steele
Compliance Manager – Statutory Returns | Academic Services
Southampton Solent University | East Park Terrace | Southampton SO14 0YN
T: 023 8201 3855| E: [email address] | www.solent.ac.uk

                  

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Freedom of Information, Solent University, Southampton

Dear Ellie,

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Thank you for your request for information received by Southampton Solent
University on the 31 August 2015. Please find the University’s response
below:

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?

 

The University can confirm that it has not received any grant/s for the
areas of Tidal Energy and Coal extraction, processing and combustion.
Therefore, the answers to the questions above are NIL.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, please contact
the University’s Clerk of Governors, Southampton Solent University, East
Park Terrace, Southampton SO14 0YN, e-mail:
[1][Solent University request email] for an internal review.  Please note
that this does not affect you right to appeal to the Information
Commissioner’s Office ([2]www.ico.gov.uk) should you remain dissatisfied
with the University’s response.

 

Yours sincerely

Sati Sidhu

Information Management & Compliance Officer | Academic Services

Southampton Solent University | East Park Terrace | Southampton SO14 0YN

T: 02382 013229 | E: [email address]| www.solent.ac.uk

 

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