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Field Assessment of Multi-beam Imaging Sonar Performance in Surface & Bottom Mount Deployments

March – December 2020

The Pathway Program - Technology Validation: Multibeam (Imaging) Sonars

Renewable Energy » Technology

Improved Analysis of Harbour Porpoise Sounds

May – December 2020

The Pathway Program - Data Automation: Passive Acoustic Monitoring Devices

Renewable Energy » Infrastructure and Best Practices

Valuation Method for Electric Ancillary Services

May – September 2020

The objective of this project is to define a new, enhanced power purchase agreement (PPA) for use by NSPI or an independent procurement administrator when contracting with Independent (e.g., renewable) Power Producers (IPPs).

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Ancillary Services from Variable Renewable Energy Resources: A Strategy for Supporting their Increased Market Penetration

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 1:00pm - Tuesday, April 27, 2021 - 2:00pm

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OERA Energy Update

OERA Energy Update - March, 2021

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Press Release

NEWS RELEASE: AI Innovation by DeepSense drives Pathway Program success

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Image courtesy of Dr. Maricarmen Guerra Paris.

Researcher Spotlight

Maricarmen Guerra Paris

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University

“For me, it has been exciting to learn how to use new instruments and to test how the different instruments and techniques, that we typically use in the field, work and compare in both controlled environments and energetic tidal channels. This research matters because turbulence measurements are difficult in highly-energetic environments, turbulence varies spatially and in time, and it is not easy to accurately capture its variability.”

Biome Renewables project Sahra Skripsky, Dr. Sue Molloy, Simon Herbinger

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Success Stories

Testing of a New Turbine Blade Design and Blade Materials

Because there’s not yet a standardized, optimal way of extracting power from tidal currents, many tidal industry technologies are currently being tested around the world. The Testing of a New Turbine Blade Design and Blade Materials project used Canada’s largest university aquatic research facility – Dalhousie University’s Aquatron – to demonstrate the potential of a new hydrokinetic tidal turbine design.

Jordan Kamga (on the left) a Mechanical Engineering coop student from Dalhousie University and NSCC Research Assistant Shaza Abumousa

Image courtesy of Dr. Etienne Mfoumou.

Student Spotlight

Jordan Kamga

Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University. Research Associate in Dr. Etienne Mfoumou’s Applied Research Engineered Technologies Lab at the Nova Scotia Community College.

Growing up, Cameroon native Jordan Kamga longed to know more about the inner workings of the stuff he encountered in his daily life. It’s a desire that helped set him on the path he’s on today.

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Field Assessment of Multi-beam Imaging Sonar Performance in Surface & Bottom Mount Deployments

Improved Analysis of Harbour Porpoise Sounds

Valuation Method for Electric Ancillary Services

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Upcoming News & Events

Ancillary Services from Variable Renewable Energy Resources: A Strategy for Supporting their Increased Market Penetration

OERA Energy Update - March, 2021

NEWS RELEASE: AI Innovation by DeepSense drives Pathway Program success

Maricarmen Guerra Paris

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University

Testing of a New Turbine Blade Design and Blade Materials

Jordan Kamga

Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University. Research Associate in Dr. Etienne Mfoumou’s Applied Research Engineered Technologies Lab at the Nova Scotia Community College.