WAVE & TIDAL ENERGY
Key Services
Project Experience
Clients

We are specialists in the delivery of
Wave and Tidal Resource Assessments
as well as Marine and Coastal Process
Assessments for wave and tidal energy
(tidal stream and tidal range type) developments.
Our services are delivered by recognised experts who have more than 20 years of project experience and have also directly contributed to the development of industry technical standards and best practice.
Cooper Marine Advisors has an expanding portfolio of wave and tidal energy experience.
We work directly for project developers, advise NGOs, as well as supporting
leading environmental consultancies with specialist technical services.
Site selection - characterisation of metocean and seabed conditions
Resource assessments – wave and tidal energy potential
Literature reviews – data search, collation of evidence, gap analysis
Survey recommendations – metocean, geophysical and sediment sampling
Stakeholder engagement – discussions with regulatory bodies, consultees
Modelling – specification, audit, interpretation, near and far-field tools
GIS - analysis and mapping
Technical reporting – research reports, development of industry standards
Strategic review of potential tidal range opportunities and implications to the historic environment (link to report)
Site characterisation for a potential
tidal range development
Metocean survey advice
Member of BSI committee for wave and tidal energy technical standards
Our current list of clients includes;
- ABPmer
- BSI
- Historic England
- Intertek
- Tidal Electric
If you would like to use our services or would like further information about what we offer, please feel free to contact us.
Member of:
eCommitte BSI PEL/114 Marine Energy – Wave, tidal and other water current converters

EPSRC Peer Review College