The Aqua-RET consortium developed four training courses for marine renewable energy projects which were ran in Brussels (Belgium), Madeira Island (Portugal), Orkney (Scotland), Cork (Dublin) and Attiki (Greece). The Aqua-RET series of training courses are not available online. If you are interested in hosting an Aqua-RET course please contact Olivia Daly at info@aquaret.com for further information.

1. Strategic Planning

   •    Unit 1 - Introduction to Strategic planning
   •    Unit 2 - Introduction to marine spatial planning (MSP)
   •    Unit 3 - Major challenges faced by deployment of offshore marine energy projects
   •    Unit 4 - Testing and demonstration infrastructures
   •    Unit 5 - Offshore Grid Connection Components
   •    Unit 6 - Onshore Grid Connection
   •    Unit 7 - Onshore Infrastructure Requirements
   
   

2. Environmental Assessment

   •    Unit 1 - Fundamentals of environmental assessment
   •    Unit 2 - Legislation overview
   •    Unit 3 - Potential impacts identification
   •    Unit 4 - Environmental baseline survey
   •    Unit 5 - Environmental monitoring
   
   

3. Marine Operations

   •    Unit 1 - Typical marine conditions
   •    Unit 2 - Design Options
   •    Unit 3 - Project planning and Risk management
   
   

4. Technical Evaluation

   •    Unit 1- Energy resource assessment
   •    Unit 2 - Conceptual engineering
   •    Unit 3 - Prototype testing and development, Defining objectives and options for prototype testing
   •    Unit 4 - Technical appraisal of a Marine RES Project