Based on our expert knowledge of complex marine environments, we help clients to sustainably harness, manage and preserve marine resources around the world. We work across many sectors and at all scales, from international projects and multinational energy suppliers to local community groups, with a particularly strong track record in offshore wind.
Environmental Monitoring
A comprehensive range of environmental services, combining years of experience and know-how at the laboratory and in the open sea:
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Environmental monitoring campaigns design and undertaking
- Development of monitoring plans for general ecosystem components
- Underwater acoustic measurements and characterization of noise sources
- Acoustic modelling: noise source, noise propagation, noise maps
- Marine mammals’ observation and acoustics (through the use of hydrophones and C-PODs)
- Biological surveys through imagery analysis (possibility of imagery collection with ROV)
- Habitat mapping and marine spatial planning through geographic information systems (SIG)
- Life Cycle Assessment for products and technologies
- Biofouling characterization and identification of invasive species
- Ocean cleaning solutions
- Design of experiments to test anti-fouling materials and techniques
- Planning and conduction of public/ local communities consultation events
Some Achievements
Evaluation of the efficiency of the anti-vegetative coatings
Client: BioMimetx
Key activities:
- Characterization of marine communities (biofouling) on panels covered with different coatings
- Understanding the efficiency of each coating
- Analysis for different marine environments
Support to Windfloat project farm in Portugal (25 MW)
Client: EDP Renewables
Key activities:
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental impact assessment
- Public outreach
- Field campaigns with ROV
Preliminary study on wind energy in Brazil
Client: Petrobras
Key activities:
- Comparison of offshore wind mooring platforms
- Environmental baseline characterization
- Environmental impacts evaluation, mitigation and monitoring planning
Support to Waveroller project in Portugal
Client: AW-Energy
Key activities:
- Field campaigns with ROV
- Environmental monitoring
- Public outreach
- Consenting process