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Maine Tidal Power Initiative Review

Tuesday September 18^th, 2012

Cobscook Community Learning Center
10 Commissary Point Road
Trescott, ME 04652

The complete set of videos is linked below

10:00  Introduction to the Maine Tidal Power Initiative – Mick Peterson

Passamaquoddy Tribal Representative
Congressman Michaud’s Office

Ocean Renewable Power Company
University of Maine – Michael Eckardt, Vice President for Research

10:45 Technical Presentations – Mick Peterson

• 10:45-11:15  Human dimensions
  • Teresa Johnson, Stakeholder engagement and collaborative research
  • Jessica Jansujwicz, Understanding the regulatory process
• 11:15 – 12:00  Environmental– Gayle Zydlewski
  • Haley Viehman , Assessing the effects of tidal power development on fish
  • Jeffrey Vieser, Finfish Diversity and Distribution in Cobscook Bay, Maine
  • Qingping Zou, Impact of a marine renewable energy farm on sediment transport
• 12:00– 12:15  Other sites and trajectory
  • Johanna Szillery, Tidal Power Site Evaluation in Wiscasset, Maine: Data Gathered and Lessons Learned

12:15 – 13:10 LUNCH – by Downeast Sisters Catering Service

13:10  Engineering

• 13:10 – 13:25:  Melissa Maynard, Offshore Geotechnics for Tidal Energy Installations
• 13:25 – 13:55:  Turbines – Rich Kimball
  • Raul Urbina, Experimental Characterization and Modeling of a Cross Flow Turbine
  • Thom Lokocz, Testing of a Ducted Axial Flow Tidal Turbine
• 13:55 – 14:15:  Resource Assessment– Huijie Xue
  • Huijie Xue, Evaluating the in-stream tidal power and impacts of energy extraction on hydrodynamics in Cobscook and Passamaquoddy Bays

14:15 – 14:30 Break

14:30 – 16:00 Panels

• Business – Mick Peterson
  • Alexander Mechanical Solutions – Jimmy Alexander
  • Ryan Beaumont Associates – Ryan Beaumont
  • Eastport Windjammers – Butch Harris
  • Ocean Renewable Power Company – Glen Marquis
  • SW Cole – Johanna Szillery
• Regulators – Federal and State– Jessica Jansujwicz
  • US Coast Guard – Ron Beck
  • Maine Department of Environmental Protection – Jim Beyer
  • Maine Department of Marine Resources – Linda Mercer
  • NOAA – Protected Species – Jeff Murphy
• Small sites– Dot Kelly
  • The Chewonki Foundation – Tom Twist
  • SW Cole – Johanna Szillery
  • TEDEC/MMA – Rick Armstrong
  • Pleasant Cove Homeowners – Dot Kelly
  • Passamaquoddy Tribe –Matt Lewis
  • Roque Island – Randy Goodhue

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