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