Tributes to ‘father of ocean energy’ Professor Tony Lewis in Cork

Pioneers in marine renewable energy have gathered in Cork to pay tribute to Ireland’s “father of ocean energy”.

Global experts in the field attended the opening day yesterday of the two-day Lewis Symposium, hosted by the MaREI Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy in Ringaskiddy, to mark the immense contribution of Professor Tony Lewis to the sector.

Among the attendees was Stephen Salter, Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design at the University of Edinburgh who invented the Salter duck wave energy device.