Blog: Focused review of marine energy at Ocean Business 2015

A ‘Special Session on Marine Renewable Energy’ looking to review the contribution of the NERC–DEFRA funded research and knowledge exchange programmes is taking place in Southampton next week as part of the Ocean Business 2015 conference.

Our Research Director, Jennifer Norris, will be attending the conference taking place at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton, on 14-16th April. To arrange a meeting with Jenny at the conference, please contact info@emec.org.uk.

The marine energy session is taking place from 1300-1800 on Thursday 16th April. The event is free to attend, although registration is required as places are limited. The session will review the contribution of the NERC–DEFRA funded research and knowledge exchange programmes to the development of novel technology, tools and methods, and consider the needs for the industry going forward. The full programme is detailed below.

Join the session via webinar at EMEC: If you’d like to attend but can’t make it to Southampton, please join us at EMEC where we’ll be linking into the session via a webinar. Feel free to pop along if you are interested in some or all of the topics being discussed (see below programme).

Programme:

Main Research Programme
1300: Introduction by Dr Annie Linley
1310: Application of X band radar for resource assessment: Case studies from the European Marine Energy Centre and the Inner Sound, Pentland Firth
1330: Development of the FLOWBEC (Flow-and-Benthic-Ecology-4D) seabed platform
1350: Application of telemetry and visual observations for mapping fine scale habitat use by seals
1410: Impacts of operational noise on harbour porpoises
1430: Programme break: a short film will be shown
1445: Maximising energy extraction at wave and tidal energy sites whilst optimising environmental benefit
1505: Development of telemetry for understanding fish movements around offshore windfarms
1525: Baited video and other methods for monitoring post deployment impacts on fisheries at energy farms
Knowledge exchange programme
1615: Introduction by Dr Annie Linley
1625: Fish responses to impulsive noise
1645: Review and update of Collision Risk Models for predicting potential collisions of birds with turbine blades
1705: Interactions between fisheries and renewable energy development
1745: Seminar closes

For further details, visit: Special Session on Marine Renewable Energy