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Integral Brings New Environmental Tools and Technology to Ocean Energy at ICOE

By Craig A. Jones, Ph.D., Managing Principal, Business Director, Marine, Coastal, Climate, and Technology Services
Grace Chang, Ph.D., Senior Science Advisor, Technical Director, Marine Sciences and Engineering
Kaustubha Raghukumar, Ph.D., Senior Consultant
Eugene C. Revelas, Senior Science Advisor

NoiseSpotter™ locates and measures underwater sound sources in near real time.

The vast, clean energy potential of the world’s oceans is making waves in the U.S. Integral Consulting scientists are contributing new tools and techniques to advance ocean energy projects globally. Craig Jones, Ph.D., Grace Chang, Ph.D., Kaus Raghukumar, Ph.D., and Gene Revelas will present on these offshore technology developments during the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) on April 28-30, 2021. Drs. Chang and Jones will also chair or moderate sessions.

Integral research and development projects presented during the conference can help developers, regulators, and stakeholders:

  • Monitor, characterize, and geolocate sources of sound with NoiseSpotter
  • Analyze the seafloor using sediment profile and plan view imaging and AI
  • Streamline licensing and permitting with an environmental toolkit
  • Forecast wave energy production for microgrid management.

Integral’s schedule of presentations and sessions is provided below.

Sessions, Thursday, April 29

9:30–10:15 a.m. EDT
Concurrent Session 4I: Lessons from Industry
Session Moderator: Craig Jones, Ph.D., Integral

9:30–10:15 a.m. EDT
Concurrent Session 4T: Numerical Modeling of Marine Energy Systems
Session Chair: Grace Chang, Ph.D., Integral

2:45–3:30 p.m. EDT
Concurrent Session 5I: Regulatory Environment
Permitting and Licensing MHK Projects Internationally and in the U.S.
Presenter: Zachary W. Barr, Kearns & West
Coauthors: Anna West, Kearns & West; Sharon Kramer, H. T. Harvey & Associates; Jesse Roberts and William Peplinski, Sandia National Laboratories; Craig Jones, Integral.

Posters, April 12–30

(P53) Marine Energy Environmental Toolkit for Permitting/Licensing
Poster Presenter(s)
Zachary W. Barr, Senior Associate, Kearns & West
Coauthor(s)
Craig Jones and Grace Chang, Integral; Sharon H. Kramer, H. T. Harvey & Associates; Anna W. West, Kearns & West; Elaine Buck and Paul Tait, The European Marine Energy Centre; Ben Best, EcoQuants; Paul Jacobson, Electric Power Research Institute; Jesse Roberts and William Peplinski, Sandia National Laboratories; Kerry Strout Grantham, Nathan Johnson, Ocean Renewable Power Company; Justin Klure, Pacific Energy Ventures.

(P55) Mapping of Benthic Habitats at Marine Renewable Energy Sites Using Novel Technology Combinations
Poster Presenter(s)
Eugene Revelas, Integral
Coauthor(s)
Brandon Sackmann, GSI Environmental Inc.; Craig Jones, Integral.

(P74) Performance of an Acoustic Sensing Array in an Energetic Tidal Channel
Poster Presenter(s)
Kaustubha Raghukumar, Integral
Coauthor(s)
Frank Spada, Grace Chang, Craig Jones, Integral.

(P99) Wave Energy Production Optimization and Forecasting Tool
Poster Presenter(s)
Grace Chang, Integral
Coauthor(s)
Ann Dallman, Mohammad Khalil, and Jesse Roberts, Sandia National Laboratories; Kaustubha Raghukumar and Craig Jones, Integral; Jeremy Kasper, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Learn more about ICOE 2021.

Integral provides consulting services to offshore energy clients worldwide. For more information, contact Dr. Jones at cjones@integral-corp.com.