GeoHab 2011 Helsinki Finland
Pre-conference workshop - 2nd May 2011
Pre-conference on Mapping the Seafloor for Energy Development will be held at GTK on Monday 2nd May. Workshop is organized by the Circum-Pacific Council (CPC) and GeoHab. For more information see “ Mapping the Seafloor for Ocean Renewable Energy Development” document.
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| 09:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 | Welcome and Introduction – Andrew Heap |
| 10:15 | Wave and Tide Energy |
| National-scale wave energy resource assessment for Australia Michael G. Hughes and Andrew D. Heap Challenges in the Characterization and Mapping of Marine Benthic Habitats in a High Energy Environment for Tidal Energy Development H. Gary Greene and Craig Collar Offshore sediment wave migration: unpredictable from geometrical analyses and inconvenient for engineers K.J.J. Van Landeghem, J.H..H. Baas, N.C. Mitchell, D. Wilcockson and A.J. Wheeler Geoscience for Marine Renewable Energy in Canada J. Vaughn Barrie |
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Discussion Points 1. What can geoscience provide to the offshore renewable energy sector (what can we learn from the Europeans)? |
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| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Wind Energy |
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What is the Role of these Investigations in Habitat Mapping or other Environmental Studies? Geology and Offshore Wind Energy: the German approach Characterising marine habitats using video-mosaics at a site intended for the first full-scale offshore wind-park in Norway Application of broad scale habitat maps for integrated planning of off-shore industry |
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Discussion Discussion points 1 -4 |
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| 15:30 | Break |
| 15:50 | Concluding Remarks |
Where do we go from here
