Professor Simon Neill
Professor in Physical Oceanography
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Affiliations
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:
- NERC – SE Asia Plastics. South East Asia MArine Plastics (SEAmap): Reduction, Control and Mitigation of Marine Plastic Pollution in the Philippines. Neill SP (PI), Hiddink JG, Robins PE, Lewis MJ, Skov MW, Dunn CP (School of Natural Sciences), Taboada E (University of San Carlos, Philippines); £708,034. 2020-2023.
- European Regional Development Fund. Smart Efficient Energy Centre (SEEC) (£7M) Simon Neill (PI), Iestyn Pierce & Graham Ormondroyd. 2019-2023.
Research Areas
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Special issue: Wave and tidal resource characterization
Neill, S., Yang, Z. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 114, p. 1-2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The future of ocean renewable energy
Neill, S., 1 Dec 2023, Living With Climate Change. Letcher, T. (ed.). Elsevier, p. 449-464Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Introduction to Ocean Renewable Energy
Neill, S., 2021, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. 2nd ed. ElsevierResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Tidal power plants: Predictable electricity from the sea
Neill, S., 1 Sept 2018, 2 p. London : Energy Institute.Research output: Other contribution
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The Impact of Marine Renewable Energy Extraction on Sediment Dynamics
Neill, S., Robins, P. & Fairley, I., 10 Apr 2017, Marine Renewable Energy: Resource characterization and physical effects. Yang, Z. & Copping, A. (eds.). Springer, p. 279-304Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A review of tidal energy - Resource, feedbacks, and environmental interactions
Neill, S., Haas, K., Thiebot, J. & Yang, Z., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 13, 6, 17 p., 062702.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea
Neill, S. & Hashemi, M. R., 12 Jun 2018, London: Academic Press. 336 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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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., Nov 2018, In: Renewable Energy. 127, November, p. 763-778Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterizing the Marine Energy Test Area (META) in Wales, UK
Neill, S., Fairley, I., Rowlands, S., Young, S., Hill, T., Unsworth, C., King, N., Roberts, M., Austin, M., Hughes, P., Masters, I., Owen, A., Powell, B., Reeve, D. E. & Lewis, M., 1 Mar 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 205, p. 447-460Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tidal Range Resource of Australia
Neill, S., Hemer, M., Robins, P., Griffiths, A. & Furnish, A., 1 Jun 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 170, p. 683-692Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The formation of headland/island sandbanks.
Neill, S. & Scourse, J. D., 15 Oct 2009, In: Continental Shelf Research. 29, 18, p. 2167-2177Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, p. 3-17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wave resource characterization and co-location with offshore wind in the Irish Sea
Neill, S., 24 Feb 2024, In: Renewable Energy. 222, 13 p., 119902.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A numerical study of lateral grain size sorting by an estuarine front.
Neill, S. P., 10 Feb 2009, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 81, 3, p. 345-352Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observations and simulations of an unsteady island wake in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jul 2004, In: Ocean Dynamics. 54, 3-4, p. 324-332Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observations and numerical modelling of a non-buoyant front in the Tay Estuary, Scotland.
Neill, S. P., Copeland, G. J., Ferrier, G. & Folkard, A. M., 1 Jan 2004, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 59, 1, p. 173-184Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Estimates of the extreme meteorological and oceanographic conditions near Amlwch.
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jan 2005, 2005 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Impact of tidal energy converter (TEC) arrays on the dynamics of headland sand banks
Neill, S. P., Jordan, J. R. & Couch, S. J., 1 Jan 2012, In: Renewable Energy. 37, 1, p. 387-397Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wave power variability over the northwest European shelf seas
Neill, S. P. & Hashemi, R., 1 Jun 2013, In: Applied Energy. 106, p. 31-46Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of Coriolis in sandbank formation due to a headland/island system.
Neill, S. P., 10 Sept 2008, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 79, 3, p. 419-428Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An enhanced depth-averaged tidal model for morphological studies in the presence of rotary currents.
Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jan 2007, In: Continental Shelf Research. 27, 1, p. 82-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Simulating storm waves in the Irish Sea
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jun 2007, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 160, 2, p. 57-64Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in wave climate over the northwest European shelf seas during the last 12,000 years.
Neill, S. P., Scourse, J. D., Bigg, G. R. & Uehara, K., 17 Jun 2009, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 114, p. C06015Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tidal energy leasing and tidal phasing
Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Lewis, M. J., Jan 2016, In: Renewable Energy. 85, p. 580-587Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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In situ measurements of spring-neap variations to unsteady island wake development in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jun 2004, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 60, 2, p. 229-239Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review