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Renewable Energy » Technology
The Pathway: A program for regulatory certainty for instream tidal energy projects
April 2019 – July 2021
A technology development program that actively engages project developer, regulators and supporting SME’s to define an approved monitoring solution that will:
Renewable Energy » Tidal Resource Characterization and Modelling
The Vectron2 Project: Turbulence Measurements for the In-stream Tidal Energy Industry
March 2019 – March 2021
The Vectron is a new sensor used for measuring turbulence velocity within a tidal turbine’s swept area. The Vectron has been successfully prototyped, where next steps are to take the technology to the ‘industry-ready’ stage of development and the focus of this project.
Renewable Energy » Marine Life
Real-Time Detection of Marine Mammals in High Flow Environments
May 2019 – February 2021
The project research goal is to design and test an innovative acoustic sensor system that will feature a wireless magneto-inductive (MI) communications link – to alert users in real time of the presence and location of marine mammals in high noise tidal environments. The research entails a field
Renewable Energy » Marine Life
Testing of 360-Degree Imaging Technologies for Improved Animal Detection around Tidal Energy Installations
May 2019 – February 2020
The research goal is to conduct a field study to test the performance of a new imaging camera system mounted on a floating tidal platform deployed in Grand Passage, Bay of Fundy. Field testing will feature testing of different camera mount locations on the platform in order to optimize field-of-
Renewable Energy » Marine Life
Multipurpose X-Band Marine Radar Network for the Minas Passage
January – November 2019
Marine X-band radar locates vessels and features, including coastlines and buoys. It filters distracting signals (eg.
Petroleum Geoscience » Georges Bank Research & Data
Georges Bank Research & Data
January 2019
Georges Bank is a large submarine bank (250km by 150km – 40,000 km2) located at the edge of the Atlantic continental shelf between Cape Cod and Nova Scotia.
