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Tidal Energy » Infrastructure and Best Practices
Modeling of Electric Boats as Energy Storage
July 2018 – September 2020
Electric boats have the potential to act as “energy storage wrapped in a boat”.
Tidal Energy » Infrastructure and Best Practices
Analysis Framework for Long-Term and Cumulative Effects Monitoring
October 2018 – September 2020
This project created a framework for testing in-stream tidal turbine effects on specific marine species populations. The framework provides the basis for future assessment of far-field and cumulative environmental effects.
Predictive Modeling of Sandstone Reservoir Distribution in the SW Scotian Basin
March 2018 – April 2020
The SW Scotian Basin is considered an under-explored passive margin sedimentary basin, however, it is also the most probable location to find oil on the Scotian Margin.
Tidal Energy » Marine Life
Investigation of the Vertical Distribution, Movement and Abundance of Fish in the Vicinity of Proposed Tidal Power Energy Conversion Devices
March 2010 – December 2014
This project studied active fish avoidance of a turbine using the Coda Octopus Echoscope II 3-D multi-beam sonar mounted on a bottom platform.
Tidal Energy » Marine Life
Atlantic Sturgeon Spatial and Temporal Distribution in Minas Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada, a Region of Future Tidal Energy Extraction
January 2010 – January 2014
In the Bay of Fundy, Atlantic sturgeon from endangered and threatened populations in the USA and Canada migrate through Minas Passage to enter and leave Minas Basin.