Blog I Championing the future of marine technology through education and research

Chloe Turner-Dockey is a PhD student at the Environmental Research Institute, based in Thurso. Sponsored by Sonardyne, she is researching environmental monitoring techniques for offshore renewable energy.

In a Sonardyne blog highlighting her PhD, Chloe explains:

“By developing advanced monitoring and processing techniques, my aim is to enable the next step in uncovering the impact and potential disturbances caused by large scale arrays. This research will provide a more comprehensive understanding of how offshore renewable energy developments interact with marine ecosystems, helping to quantify their impact. Ultimately, this will inform better decision-making and policy development, ensuring the sustainable expansion of offshore renewable energy projects.”

Tom Culverhouse, Group Manager for Sonardyne, is one of Chloe’s supervisor. He said:

“UHI are a world‑leader in the impact on the natural environment of anthropogenic structures used to enable offshore renewable energy, This thriving field provides a theoretical framework that is constantly and necessarily challenged by experimental field measurements. By engaging in this cutting‑edge research, Sonardyne can help drive the next‑generation of instrumentation to support offshore renewable energy now and into a sustainable future.”

Read the full blog on the Sonardyne website.

Chloe’s PhD is entitled: ‘Validating next-generation biophysical and metocean monitoring techniques for offshore renewable energy.”