Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
This cross partnership, multi-disciplinary group are focused on using their combined expertise to explore solutions to questions raised from across the energy sector, combining knowledge of engineering, environmental monitoring and reporting, for land and marine based strategies.
UHI Energy Innovation is focused on delivering local, regional and national benefit to partners across Scotland and internationally. Our researchers and facilities are on the doorstep of Scotland’s most impressive energy resources and recent industry developments, complementing our expertise with a commitment to support the energy sector as it delivers for Scotland and the Highlands and Islands region.
The University has world-class facilities and multi-disciplinary research teams particularly relating to environmental, marine, rural and socio-economic aspects, who are focusing on and providing solutions to ongoing energy challenges.
Our Focus Areas
- Environmental survey/monitoring
- Marine mammal, fish/fisheries and bird interactions
- Marine governance, planning & decision-support tools
- Safety and training
- Socioeconomic impact, community energy & carbon foot-printing
- Energy systems
- Resource assessment/characterisation
- Sustainable Systems
- Decommissioning
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Collaborations from the last five years
Profiles
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Dmitry Aleynik
- SAMS UHI - Marine Modeller
- Energy Innovation Team
Person: Academic - Research and Teaching or Research only
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Philip Anderson
- SAMS UHI - Senior Lecturer in Air-Sea Interaction
- Energy Innovation Team
Person: Academic - Research and Teaching or Research only
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Steven Benjamins
- SAMS UHI - Marine Mammal Ecologist
- Aquaculture Research Network
- Energy Innovation Team
Person: Academic - Research and Teaching or Research only
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Supporting European coastal regions in their transition to a sustainable blue bioeconomy
Billing, S.-L. (Researcher)
17/10/22 → 17/10/25
Project: Research
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SIMSP: Shetland Islands' Marine Spatial Plan
Shucksmith, R. (PI), Allan, K. (Researcher) & Giesler, R. (CoI)
31/05/06 → …
Project: Research
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Radar Remote Sensing & Biophysics: Where Seabirds Meet Tidal Hydrodynamics
Jones, A., McIlvenny, J., McCann, D., Mitchell, L. J. & Williamson, B., 8 Jan 2025. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Potential environmental impacts of floating solar photovoltaic systems
Benjamins, S., Williamson, B., Billing, S.-L., Yuan, Z., Collu, M., Fox, C., Hobbs, L., Masden, E. A., Cottier-Cook, E. J. & Wilson, B., 1 Jul 2024, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews . 199, 14 p., 114463.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Potential Exposure of Aquatic Organisms to Dynamic Visual Cues Originating from Aerial Wind Turbine Blades
Williamson, B., Goddijn-Murphy, L., McIlvenny, J. & Youngson, A., 26 Nov 2024, In: Fishes. 9, 12, 482.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Scholarship and educational development (SEDA) summer conference 2021
Gray, L. R. (Speaker)
28 Jun 2021Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Oral presentation
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Coastal community perceptions of multi-use offshore installations combining renewable energy with fish farming
Billing, S.-L. (Speaker)
12 Apr 2021 → 15 Apr 2021Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Oral presentation
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Evaluating effects of windfarm construction on porpoises: A model-based approach
Benjamins, S. (Speaker)
24 Sept 2021Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Oral presentation
Student theses
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Assessing Dynamic Seabed Change on the Scottish Continental Shelf
Armstrong, C. (Author), Howe, J. (Supervisor), Allen, C. (Supervisor) & Bates, R. (Supervisor), 5 Aug 2023Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
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