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The most suitable sites for marine renewable energy (MRE) projects have a combination of high current speeds and water depth, adequate sea or riverbed conditions, proximity to a grid connection, and interest on the part of the local community. Most importantly, MRE devices must be deployed in such a way that they can coexist with marine life and human activities.
ORPC has in-house capabilities for collecting, monitoring, and evaluating environmental data as a result of our numerous project development activities. We have a track record of success in the following areas of environmental, site and project feasibility assessment:
Numerical hydrodynamic modeling
On-water mobile transects
Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) deployment and retrieval
Multi-beam sonar
Geophysical sub-bottom profiling
Hydraulic studies
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