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Professor Simon Neill

Professor in Physical Oceanography

Affiliations

ORCID: 0000-0002-1674-3445

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

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  1. 2025
  2. Published

    Influence of the phase relationship between tidal currents and elevations on tidal energy conversion

    Milford, C., Marti, V. & Neill, S., 2 Apr 2025, In: Renewable Energy. 247, 122774.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  3. 2024
  4. Published

    Predicting coastal wave conditions: A simple machine learning approach

    Roome, E., Christie, D. & Neill, S., 1 Dec 2024, In: Applied Ocean Research. 153, 13 p., 104282.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  5. E-pub ahead of print

    Assessing hydrodynamic impacts of tidal range energy impoundments in UK coastal waters

    Roome, E., Robins, P., Ahmadian, R., Austin, M., Hanousek, N., Guo, B. & Neill, S., 18 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Renewable Energy. 121601.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  6. Published

    Simulating the dispersal of marine plastic during Super Typhoon Rai

    Roome, E., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 9 Oct 2024.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  7. Published

    Intercomparison of surface velocimetry techniques for drone-based marine current characterization

    Fairley, I., King, N., McIlvenny, J., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Williamson, B., Masters, I. & Reeve, D. E., 1 Apr 2024, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 299, 108682.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  8. Published

    Simulating the dispersal of marine plastics during extreme events

    Roome, E., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 26 Mar 2024.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

  9. Published

    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

  10. Published

    Navigating the tides of change: The crucial role of wave and tidal marine renewable energy resource characterization and assessment research

    Jones, C., Yang, Z. & Neill, S., 7 Feb 2024, In: Renewable Energy. 223, 120020.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  11. Published

    Ocean-related options for climate change mitigation and adaptation: A machine learning-based evidence map protocol

    Veytia, D., Airoldi, L., Paris, P., Cooley, S., Magnan, A., Marti, V., Neill, S., Sumaila, R., Thebaud, O., Voolstra, C., Williamson, P., Bonin, M., Langridge, J., Comte, A., Viard, F., Shin, Y., Bopp, L. & Gattuso, J.-P., 1 Feb 2024, In: Protocol Exchange.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  12. Published

    Habitat structure shapes temperate reef assemblages across regional environmental gradients

    Jackson-Bue, T., Evans, A. J., Lawrence, P., Brooks, P., Ward, S., Jenkins, S., Moore, P. J., Crowe, T., Neill, S. & Davies, A., 1 Jan 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 167494.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  13. 2023
  14. Published

    The future of ocean renewable energy

    Neill, S., 1 Dec 2023, Living With Climate Change. Letcher, T. (ed.). Elsevier, p. 449-464

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  15. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

  16. Published

    A large-scale review of wave and tidal energy research over the last 20 years

    Khojasteh, D., Shamsipour, A., Huang, L., Tavakoli, S., Haghani, M., Flocard, F., Farzadkhoo, M., Iglesias, G., Hemer, M., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Bernitsas, M. & Glamore, W., 1 Aug 2023, In: Ocean Engineering. 282, 18 p., 114995.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  17. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

  18. Published

    Characterizing seabed sediments at contrasting offshore renewable energy sites

    Amjadian, P., Neill, S. & Marti, V., 4 Apr 2023, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  19. Published

    Characterising the wave energy resource of Lanzarote, Canary Islands

    Christie, D., Neill, S. & Arnold, P., 1 Apr 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 206, p. 1198-1211

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  20. Published

    Field Investigations of Scour Around Scaled Piles in a Region of Wave Breaking : Hydrodynamic Field Investigations on Scour around Piles

    Kannapiran, T. & Neill, S., Apr 2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  21. Published

    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. 447-460

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  22. 2022
  23. Published

    Larval dispersal from an energetic tidal channel and implications for blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) shellfisheries

    Demmer, J., Neill, S., Andres, O., Malham, S., Jones, T. & Robins, P., 1 Dec 2022, In: Aquaculture International. 30, 6, p. 2969-2995

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  24. Published

    Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia

    Omeyer, L. C. M., Duncan, E. M., Aiemsomboon, K., Beaumont, N., Bureekul, S., Cao, B., Carrasco, L. R., Chavanich, S., Clark, J., Cordova, M. R., Couceiro, F., Cragg, S. M., Dickson, N., Frailler, P., Ferraro, G., Fletcher, S., Fong, J., Ford, A., Guttierrez, T., Hamid, F. S., Hiddink, J. G., Hoa, P. T., Holland, S. L., Jones, L., Jones, N., Koldewey, H., Lauro, F. M., Lee, C., Lewis, M., Marks, D., Matallana-Surget, S., Mayorga-Adame, C. G., McGeehan, J., Fesser, L., Michie, L., Miller, M. A., Mohamad, Z. F., Nor, N. H. M., Muller, M., Neill, S., Nelms, S. E., Onda, D. F., Ong, J. J. L., Pariatamby, A., Phang, S. C., Quiliam, R., Robins, P., Salta, M., Sartimbul, A., Shakuto, S., Skov, M., Taboada, E. B., Todd, P. A., Toh, T. C., Valiyaveettil, S., Viyakran, V., Wonnapinij, P., Wood, L. E., Yong, C. L. X. & Godley, B. J., 1 Oct 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 841, 156704.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  25. Published

    Evidence of potential synergy between aquaculture and offshore renewable energy

    Demmer, J., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 30 Sept 2022, In: International Marine Energy Journal. 5, 2

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  26. Published

    Drone-based large-scale particle image velocimetry applied to tidal stream energy resource assessment

    Fairley, I., Williamson, B., McIlvenny, J., King, N., Masters, I., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Glasby, D., Coles, D., Powell, B., Naylor, K., Robinson, M. & Reeve, D. E., 1 Aug 2022, In: Renewable Energy. 196, p. 839-855

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  27. Published

    Hydrokinetic energy conversion: A global riverine perspective

    Ridgill, M., Lewis, M., Robins, P., Patil, S. & Neill, S., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 14, 4, 044501.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  28. Published

    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 Feb 2022, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. 2nd ed. Elsevier

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  29. Published

    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 Jan 2022, In: Movement Ecology. 10, 1, 3.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  30. 2021
  31. Published

    A review of the UK and British Channel Islands practical tidal stream energy resource

    Coles, D., Angeloudis, A., Greaves, D., Hastie, G., Lewis, M., Mackie, L., McNaughton, J., Miles, J., Neill, S., Piggott, M., Risch, D., Scott, B., Sparling, C., Stallard, T., Thies, P., Walker, S., White, D., Willden, R. & Williamson, B. J., 24 Nov 2021, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A . 477, 2255, 20210469.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  32. Published

    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

  33. Published

    Salinity Gradient Power

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

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  34. 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 proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  35. Published

    Global riverine theoretical hydrokinetic resource assessment

    Ridgill, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Patil, S., 1 Aug 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 174, p. 654-665

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  36. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

  37. Published

    Tidal Range Resource of Australia

    Neill, S., Hemer, M., Robins, P., Griffiths, A. & Furnish, A., 1 Jun 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 170, p. 683-692

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  38. Published

    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

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  39. Published

    Introduction to Ocean Renewable Energy

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

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  40. Published

    Measuring and Observing the Ocean Renewable Energy Resource

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

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  41. 2020
  42. Published

    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., Dec 2020, In: Continental Shelf Research. 205, 104165.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  43. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

  44. Published

    Numerical modelling of hydrodynamics and tidal energy extraction in the Alderney Race: a review

    Thiebot, J., Coles, D., Bennis, A.-C., Guillou, N., Neill, S., Guillou, S. & Piggott, M., 21 Aug 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 378, 2178, 20190498.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  45. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  46. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

  47. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

  48. 2019
  49. Published

    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 Nov 2019, In: Energy. 187, 115942.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  50. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

  51. Published

    Science to Policy: The role of marine renewable energy in a low carbon future

    Wiik, E., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P., O'Doherty, T., Toberman, H., Pan, S., Ebdon, T., Masters, I. & Togneri, M., Mar 2019, Ser Cymru National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment. (Science to Policy)

    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  52. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

  53. 2018
  54. Published

    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. 763-778

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  55. Published

    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 Oct 2018, In: Energies. 11, 10, 2852.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  56. Published

    Tidal power plants: Predictable electricity from the sea

    Neill, S., 1 Sept 2018, 2 p. London : Energy Institute.

    Research output: Other contribution

  57. 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 journal › Article › peer-review

  58. Published

    Characterising the tidal stream power resource around France using a high-resolution harmonic database

    Guillou, N., Neill, S. & Robins, P., Aug 2018, In: Renewable Energy. 123, p. 706-718

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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