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Featured Research: Natural Sciences
Assessing Marine Mammal Presence in and Near the FORCE Lease Area During Winter and Early Spring
PIs: Dr. Anna Redden, Acadia University; Dr. Jason Wood, SMRU Ltd, and Dr. Richard Karsten, Acadia University
Funding: OERA
Expected Completion Date: Nov 2014
Observations of marine mammals in the Petit Passage & Grand Passage, NS and adjacent waters in the eastern Bay of Fundy to assess species composition, distribution, number and seasonality
PIs: Greg Trowse, Fundy Tidal Inc; Dr. Moira Brown, Canadian Whale Institute; and Brad Whinney, Conserve.IO
Funding: OERA
Expected Completion Date: Dec 2014
Reducing the Cost of In-stream Tidal Energy Generation through Comprehensive Hydrodynamic Site Assessment
PI: Richard Karsten, Acadia Tidal Energy Institute
Partners: Fundy Tidal Inc., Dynamic Systems Analysis, Clean Current Power Systems, Dalhousie University and the University of New Brunswick
Funding: NRCan ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative grant
Project Duration: 2013-16
Fundy Advanced Sensor Technology (FAST) Platform & Vectron Project
FORCE has begun design and operational planning work on the FAST platform – a recoverable seabed mounted platform designed to advance our understanding of the FORCE site and the instrumentation required to measure it. FORCE struck a science advisory team to develop the platform’s initial research program and instru-mentation package, and announced the development of its first breakthrough technology – the Vectron – the first instrument to provide high-resolution, real time measurements of turbulent water flow at turbine hub height. The Vectron will be able to capture highly accurate measurements of turbulence at a specific height above the seafloor over long periods of time - critical to understanding turbine performance, and vastly improving developers’ odds of successful and efficient operation. This technology will also meet a need for more accurate, site-specific data at high flow sites worldwide.
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Hudson Cruise, June 4-16, 2013 - Minas Basin
Lead: Brent Law, DFO
Framework for Environmental Risk Assessment and Decision Making for Tidal Energy Development in Canada
Lead: Acadia Centre For Estuarine Research
Partners: BIO, Acadia University, Dalhousie University
Funding: Nova Scotia Department of Energy, OERA & DFO
Project Duration: 2012
Mi'kmaq Ecological Knowledge Studies: Phase I & II
Authors: Membertou Geomatics Solutions
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