Penarth Pier is in an ideal position for harnessing sustainable forms of energy such as tidal, solar and hydrogen.

With traditional fossil fuels decreasingly acceptable and limited in quantity there is a growing interest in these new technologies.

British inventors in the 1800's devised effective and profitable ways of using steam power, and now local inventors must investigate these sustainable energies. With the second highest tidal range in the world the opportunities for experiment and research are great.

A wide-ranging education programme covering arts and science began with an open photographic competition to document the Pier and Pavilion.