Turbine Audibility Assessment and How Sound Travels in High-Energy Environments
November 2020 — Nova Scotia, Canada
Client: Offshore Energy Research Association of NS
A monitoring and analysis program to advance our ability to perform and interpret passive acoustic monitoring for Environmental Effects Monitoring Plans (EEMPs) for marine tidal turbines. This study answers fundamental research questions that are not addressed by project specific EEMPs, including acoustic propagation effects and turbine audibility in environments with high tidal currents. Monitoring spanned a full 28-day tidal cycle and included an acoustic projector to study high-frequency propagation loss.
A collaboration with Dalhousie University.
