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

    Physical and biological controls on larval dispersal and connectivity in a highly energetic shelf sea

    Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Gimenez, L., Jenkins, S. R. & Malham, S. K., 1 Maw 2013, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography. 58, 2, t. 505-524

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  3. Cyhoeddwyd

    Power variability of tidal-stream energy and implications for electricity supply

    Lewis, M., McNaughton, J., Márquez-Dominguez, C., Todeschini, G., Togneri, M., Masters, I., Allmark, M., Stallard, T., Neill, S., Goward Brown, A. & Robins, P., 15 Medi 2019, Yn: Energy. 183, t. 1061-1074

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  4. E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu

    Predicting coastal wave conditions: A simple machine learning approach

    Roome, E., Christie, D. & Neill, S., 1 Rhag 2024, Yn: Applied Ocean Research. 153, 13 t., 104282.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  5. Cyhoeddwyd

    Realistic wave conditions and their influence on quantifying the tidal stream energy resource

    Lewis, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Hashemi, M. R., 8 Hyd 2014, Yn: Applied Energy. 136, t. 495-508

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  6. Cyhoeddwyd

    Research priorities for assessing potential impacts of emerging marine renewable energy technologies: Insights from developments in Wales (UK)

    Roche, R., Walker-Springett, K., Robins, P., Jones, J., Veneruso, G., Whitton, T., Piano, M., Ward, S., Duce, C., Waggitt, J., Walker-Springett, G., Neill, S., Lewis, M. & King, J., 1 Rhag 2016, Yn: Renewable Energy. 99, December, t. 1327-1341 15 t.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  7. Cyhoeddwyd

    Resource assessment for future generations of tidal-stream energy arrays

    Lewis, M., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Ebr 2015, Yn: Energy. 83, t. 403-415

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  8. Cyhoeddwyd

    Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity.

    Fonseca, V. G., Carvalho, G. R., Sung, W., Johnson, H. F., Power, D. M., Neill, S. P., Packer, M., Blaxter, M. L., Lambshead, J. D., Thomas, W. K. & Creer, S., 19 Hyd 2010, Yn: Nature Communications. 1, 7, t. 98

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  9. Cyhoeddwyd

    Sensitivity assessment of bathymetry and choice of tidal constituents on tidal stream energy resource characterisation in the Gulf of California, Mexico

    Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., 1 Medi 2020, Yn: Applied Ocean Research.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  10. Cyhoeddwyd

    Sensitivity of palaeotidal models of the northwest European shelf seas to glacial isostatic adjustment since the Last Glacial Maximum

    Ward, S., Neill, S., Scourse, J., Bradley, S. L. & Uehara, K., 1 Tach 2016, Yn: Quaternary Science Reviews. 151, t. 198-211

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  11. Cyhoeddwyd

    Simulating storm waves in the Irish Sea

    Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Meh 2007, Yn: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 160, 2, t. 57-64

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  12. Cyhoeddwyd

    Some numerical aspects of modelling flow around hydraulic structures using incompressible SPH

    Ghadampour, Z., Hashemi, M. R., Talebbeydokhti, N., Neill, S. P. & Nikseresht, A. H., 8 Mai 2015, Yn: Computers and Mathematics with Applications. 69, 12, t. 1470-1483

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  13. Cyhoeddwyd

    Spatio-temporal variability of tidal-stream energy in north-western Europe

    Guillou, N., Neill, S. & Thiebot, J., 21 Awst 2020, Yn: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 378, 2178, 20190493.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  14. Cyhoeddwyd

    Special issue: Wave and tidal resource characterization

    Neill, S., Yang, Z. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Rhag 2017, Yn: Renewable Energy. 114, t. 1-2

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  15. Cyhoeddwyd

    The Influence of Intra-Array Wake Dynamics on Depth-Averaged Kinetic Tidal Turbine Energy Extraction Simulations

    Piano, M., Robins, P., Davies, A. & Neill, S., 22 Hyd 2018, Yn: Energies. 11, 10, 2852.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  16. Cyhoeddwyd

    The challenges of constraining shelf sea tidal models using seabed sediment grain size as a proxy for tidal currents

    Ward, S., Scourse, J., Yokoyama, Y. & Neill, S., Rhag 2020, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 205, 104165.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  17. Cyhoeddwyd

    The formation of headland/island sandbanks.

    Neill, S. & Scourse, J. D., 15 Hyd 2009, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 29, 18, t. 2167-2177

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  18. Cyhoeddwyd

    The impact of tidal stream turbines on large-scale sediment dynamics.

    Neill, S. P., Litt, E. J., Couch, S. J. & Davies, A. G., 1 Rhag 2009, Yn: Renewable Energy. 34, 12, t. 2803-2812

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  19. Cyhoeddwyd

    The impacts of tidal energy development and sea-level rise in the Gulf of Maine

    Kresning, B., Hashemi, M. R., Neill, S. P., Green, M. & Xue, H., 15 Tach 2019, Yn: Energy. 187, 115942.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  20. Cyhoeddwyd

    The influence of waves on the tidal kinetic energy resource at a tidal stream energy site

    Guillou, N., Chapalain, G. & Neill, S., 15 Hyd 2016, Yn: Applied Energy. 180, October, t. 402-415

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  21. Cyhoeddwyd

    The influence of wind gustiness on estimating the wave power resource

    Goward Brown, A., Neill, S. & Lewis, M., 10 Tach 2013, Yn: International Journal of Marine Energy. 3-4, t. e1-e10

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  22. Cyhoeddwyd

    The role of Coriolis in sandbank formation due to a headland/island system.

    Neill, S. P., 10 Medi 2008, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 79, 3, t. 419-428

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  23. Cyhoeddwyd

    The role of tidal asymmetry in characterizing the tidal energy resource of Orkney

    Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Lewis, M. J., 4 Maw 2014, Yn: Renewable Energy. 68, t. 337-350

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  24. Cyhoeddwyd

    The role of tides in shelf-scale simulations of the wave energy resource

    Hashemi, M. R. & Neill, S. P., 18 Ebr 2014, Yn: Renewable Energy. 69, t. 300-310

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  25. Cyhoeddwyd

    The role of wind in controlling the connectivity of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) populations

    Demmer, J., Robins, P., Malham, S., Lewis, M., Owen, A., Jones, T. & Neill, S., 21 Ion 2022, Yn: Movement Ecology. 10, 1, 3.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  26. Cyhoeddwyd

    The tidal flux in the Firth of Forth

    Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Maw 2007, Yn: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 160, 1, t. 25-32

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  27. Cyhoeddwyd

    The wave and tidal resource of Scotland

    Neill, S., Vogler, A., Goward-Brown, A. J., Baston, S., Lewis, M., Gillibrand, P. A., Waldman, S. & Woolf, D. K., Rhag 2017, Yn: Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, t. 3-17

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  28. Cyhoeddwyd

    Three-dimensional modelling of turbine wake interactions at a tidal stream energy site

    Michelet, N., Guillou, N., Chapalain, G., Thiebot, J., Guillou, S., Goward Brown, A. & Neill, S., 1 Chwef 2020, Yn: Applied Ocean Research. 95, 102009.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  29. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal Range Resource of Australia

    Neill, S., Hemer, M., Robins, P., Griffiths, A. & Furnish, A., 1 Meh 2021, Yn: Renewable Energy. 170, t. 683-692

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  30. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal and surge modelling using differential quadrature: a case study in the Bristol Channel.

    Hashemi, M. R., Abedini, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Malekzadeh, P., 1 Hyd 2008, Yn: Coastal Engineering. 55, 10, t. 811-819

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  31. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal energy leasing and tidal phasing

    Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Lewis, M. J., Ion 2016, Yn: Renewable Energy. 85, t. 580-587

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  32. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal range energy resource and optimization – past perspectives and future challenges

    Neill, S., Angeloudis, A., Robins, P., Walkington, I., Ward, S., Masters, I., Lewis, M., Piano, M., Avdis, A., Piggott, M., Aggidis, G., Evans, P., Adcock, T., Zidonis, A., Ahmadian, R. & Falconer, R., Tach 2018, Yn: Renewable Energy. 127, November, t. 763-778

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  33. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal range energy resource assessment of the Gulf of California, Mexico

    Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Angeloudis, A., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., Awst 2020, Yn: Renewable Energy. 155, t. 469-483

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. Rhifyn Arbennig › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
  43. 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

  44. Pennod › Ymchwil › Heb ei adolygu gan gymheiriaid
  45. 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

  46. Pennod › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
  47. Cyhoeddwyd

    Environmental Issues for Offshore Renewable Energy

    Wolf, J., Dominicis, M. D., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Murray, R. O., Scott, B., Zampollo, A., Chapman, J. & Declerck, M., 2021, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier

    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion CynhadleddPennodadolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  48. Cyhoeddwyd

    Environmental issues for offshore renewable energy

    Wolf, J., De Dominicis, M., Lewis, M., Neill, S., O'Hara Murray, R., Scott, B. E., Zampollo, A., Chapman, J. & Declerck, M., 1 Chwef 2022, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. 2nd gol. Elsevier

    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion CynhadleddPennodadolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  49. Cyhoeddwyd

    Introduction to Ocean Renewable Energy

    Neill, S., 2021, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. 2nd gol. Elsevier

    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion CynhadleddPennodadolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  50. Cyhoeddwyd

    Measuring and Observing the Ocean Renewable Energy Resource

    Christie, D. & Neill, S., 2021, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. 2nd gol.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion CynhadleddPennodadolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  51. Cyhoeddwyd

    Ocean Renewable Energy Test Centers

    Marti, V., Culina, J. & Neill, S., 9 Medi 2021, Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. 2nd gol.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion CynhadleddPennodadolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  52. Cyhoeddwyd

    Salinity Gradient Power

    Withers, T. & Neill, S., 20 Hyd 2021, Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. 2nd gol. Elsevier Press

    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion CynhadleddPennodadolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  53. Cyhoeddwyd

    The Impact of Marine Renewable Energy Extraction on Sediment Dynamics

    Neill, S., Robins, P. & Fairley, I., 10 Ebr 2017, Marine Renewable Energy: Resource characterization and physical effects. Yang, Z. & Copping, A. (gol.). Springer, t. 279-304

    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion CynhadleddPennodadolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  54. Papur › Ymchwil › Heb ei adolygu gan gymheiriaid
  55. Cyhoeddwyd

    A progress report on the control of the free surface in a 3D Navier Stokes solver for coastal applications.

    Gejadze, I., Copeland, G., Neill, S. P., Fang, F. & Pain, C., 1 Ion 2004, t. 681-694.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadleddPapur