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. Published

    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. 419-428

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    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. 82-102

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    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. 57-64

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    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. C06015

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Tidal energy leasing and tidal phasing

    Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Lewis, M. J., Jan 2016, In: Renewable Energy. 85, p. 580-587

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    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. 229-239

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    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 Feb 2020, In: Applied Ocean Research. 95, 102009.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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 Sept 2020, In: Applied Ocean Research.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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 Aug 2018, In: Energy. 156, p. 481-491

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

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

    Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Angeloudis, A., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., Aug 2020, In: Renewable Energy. 155, p. 469-483

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Comparison of dense optical flow and PIV techniques for mapping surface current flow in tidal stream energy sites

    McIlvenny, J., Williamson, B., Fairley, I., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Masters, I. & Reeve, D. E., Sept 2023, In: International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering. 14, 3, p. 273-285 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Ocean Renewable Energy Test Centers

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

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  13. Published

    Tidal range resource of the Patagonian shelf

    Marti, V., Neill, S. & Angeloudis, A., 1 Jun 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 209, p. 85-96

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Modelling of SAR signatures of bathymetric features in the Bristol Channel using a coupled wave-current model

    Macklin, T., Wolf, J., Wakelin, S., Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Jan 2005, p. 611-618.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  15. Published

    The benefits of combining coupled wave-current models with SAR observations for the interpretation of ocean-surface currents.

    Macklin, T., Wolf, J., Wakelin, S., Gommenginger, C., Ferrier, G., Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 23 Jan 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  16. Published

    The benefits of combining coupled wave-current models with SAR observations for the interpretation of ocean-surface currents.

    Macklin, T., Wolf, J., Wakelin, S., Gommenginger, C., Ferrier, G., Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Jan 2006.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  17. Published

    Characteristics of the velocity profile at tidal-stream energy sites

    Lewis, M., Neill, S., Robins, P., Hashemi, M. R. & Ward, S., Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, p. 258-272

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Influence of storm surge on tidal range energy

    Lewis, M., Angeloudis, A., Robins, P., Evans, P. S. & Neill, S., Mar 2017, In: Energy. 122, p. 25-36

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    A standardised tidal-stream power curve, optimised for the global resource

    Lewis, M., O'Hara Murray, R., Fredriksson, S., Maskell, J., de Fockert, A., Neill, S. & Robins, P., 1 Jun 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 170, p. 1308-1323

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Wave-tide interaction modulates nearshore wave height

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    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 Sept 2019, In: Energy. 183, p. 1061-1074

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Inter-annual variability of two contrasting offshore sand banks in a region of extreme tidal range

    Lewis, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 10 Dec 2014, In: Journal of Coastal Research. 31, 2, p. 265-275

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

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

    Lewis, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Hashemi, M. R., 8 Oct 2014, In: Applied Energy. 136, p. 495-508

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Resource assessment for future generations of tidal-stream energy arrays

    Lewis, M., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Apr 2015, In: Energy. 83, p. 403-415

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Identification of genetically and oceanographically distinct blooms of jellyfish

    Lee, P. L., Dawson, M. N., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E., Houghton, J. D., Doyle, T. K. & Hays, G. C., 1 Mar 2013, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 10, 80, p. 20120920

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review