Professor Simon Neill

Professor in Physical Oceanography

Contact info

Room: Room 212, Marine Centre Wales     Phone: 01248 383938

Email: s.p.neill@bangor.ac.uk

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I am professor in physical oceanography, specializing in ocean renewable energy: characterizing the wave and tidal energy resource, understanding wave-tide interaction, optimizing grid integration of arrays of marine renewable energy devices, and quantifying the environmental impacts of extracting energy from the oceans. I am founder and course director of an MSc in Marine Renewable Energy, and committee member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), working on revising IEC Technical Specification 62600-201: Tidal Energy Resource Assessment and Characterization. I am a member of the editorial board of the Elsevier journal Renewable Energy, have written a textbook on marine energy "Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea", and am lead sediment scientist at FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy). I also have other shelf sea research interests, including palaeoceanography, sediment dynamics, and simulating the dispersal of marine organisms and microplastics.

I currently lead a wide range of research projects at Bangor University, including:

Research Areas

  1. Erthygl › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
  2. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal range resource of the Patagonian shelf

    Marti, V., Neill, S. & Angeloudis, A., 1 Meh 2023, Yn: Renewable Energy. 209, t. 85-96

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  3. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal stream resource assessment uncertainty due to flow asymmetry and turbine yaw misalignment

    Piano, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P., Hashemi, R., Davies, A., Ward, S. & Roberts, M., Rhag 2017, Yn: Renewable Energy. t. 1363-1375

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  4. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal stream resource characterisation in progressive versus standing wave systems

    Ward, S., Robins, P., Lewis, M., Iglesias, G., Hashemi, M. R. & Neill, S., 15 Meh 2018, Yn: Applied Energy. 220, t. 274-285

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  5. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal-stream energy resource characterisation for the Gulf of California, México

    Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Wells, N., Coles, D., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., 1 Awst 2018, Yn: Energy. 156, t. 481-491

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  6. Cyhoeddwyd

    Using an artificial neural network to model seasonal changes in beach profiles

    Hashemi, M. R., Ghadampur, Z. & Neill, S. P., 1 Hyd 2010, Yn: Ocean Engineering. 37, 14-15, t. 1345-1356

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  7. Cyhoeddwyd

    Wave power variability over the northwest European shelf seas

    Neill, S. P. & Hashemi, R., 1 Meh 2013, Yn: Applied Energy. 106, t. 31-46

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  8. Cyhoeddwyd

    Wave resource characterization and co-location with offshore wind in the Irish Sea

    Neill, S., 24 Chwef 2024, Yn: Renewable Energy. 222, 13 t., 119902.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  9. Cyhoeddwyd

    Wave-tide interaction modulates nearshore wave height

    Lewis, M. J., Palmer, T., Hashemi, R., Robins, P., Saulter, A., Brown, J., Lewis, H. & Neill, S., Maw 2019, Yn: Ocean Dynamics. 69, 3, t. 367-384

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  10. Rhifyn Arbennig › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
  11. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal energy extraction in three-dimensional ocean models

    Goward Brown, A., Neill, S. & Lewis, M., Rhag 2017, Yn: Renewable Energy. 114, A, t. 244/257

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynRhifyn Arbennigadolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  12. Pennod › Ymchwil › Heb ei adolygu gan gymheiriaid
  13. Cyhoeddwyd

    The future of ocean renewable energy

    Neill, S., 1 Rhag 2023, Living With Climate Change. Letcher, T. (gol.). Elsevier, t. 449-464

    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion CynhadleddPennod