Professor Simon Neill
Professor in Physical Oceanography
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
- 2024
- 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
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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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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
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Ocean-related options for climate change mitigation and adaptation: A machine learning-based evidence map protocol
Veytia, D., Airoldi, L., Paris, PSL., 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
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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
- 2023
- Published
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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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
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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
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Tidal range resource of the Patagonian shelf
Marti, V., Neill, S. & Angeloudis, A., 1 Jun 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 209, p. 85-96Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterizing seabed sediments at contrasting offshore renewable energy sites
Amjadian, P., Neill, S. & Marti, V., 4 Apr 2023, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterising the wave energy resource of Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Christie, D., Neill, S. & Arnold, P., 1 Apr 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 206, p. 1198-1211Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
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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
- 2022
- 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. 2969-2995Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 › Review article › peer-review
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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, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 839-855Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
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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. ElsevierResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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
- 2021
- 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
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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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Salinity Gradient Power
Withers, T. & Neill, S., 20 Oct 2021, Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. 2nd ed. Elsevier PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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
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Global riverine theoretical hydrokinetic resource assessment
Ridgill, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Patil, S., 1 Aug 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 174, p. 654-665Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review