This project will develop models for quantifying aquaculture production in high-energy coastal waters. Although primarily focused on salmon and leveraging off an existing bench marking study on fish selectively bred for offshore conditions, we will also model production of [...]
Adaptations to educational programs are necessary as relying more heavily on seafood and marine energy production will reshape the economy and training programs of the future workforce. One of the Blue Economy CRC objectives is to educate a new [...]
This project will focus on developing methods to out-plant hatchery-reared Durvillaea (Bull Kelp) to grow-lines at-sea, fine tune hatchery methods and test the growth and performance of Durvillaea on grow lines at different sites. There is a strong market [...]
The TASDEMO project involves deploying SATH technology for a floating offshore wind turbine in Australian waters. This project will evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of deploying this technology in Australia, paving the way for future large-scale projects. The [...]
This project supports and provides a research context for the BE CRC demonstration project now underway to build a DC hydrogen microgrid in Hobart, based on a 700-kW electrolyser and incorporating photovoltaics, hydrogen storage and a hydrogen turbine to [...]
Model Tests, Concept Qualification and Design Optimization In Phase 1 of the Novel Offshore Fish Pen Design, the multidisciplinary project team comprising architects, structural engineers, geotechnical engineers, offshore engineers and researchers, and fish farm operators developed a conceptual design [...]
Offshore seaweed aquaculture presents opportunities to beneficially co-exist adjacent to other aquaculture (e.g., finfish) and offshore energy developments due to its capacity to attenuate hydrodynamic energy and mitigate hazardous conditions. Canopies formed by seaweed can be effective at attenuating [...]
Seafood production systems are traditionally characterised by intensification, specialisation and geographic concentration, potentially leading them to have negative anthropogenic impacts (Dumont et al., 2020). Introducing layers of seafood production through multispecies systems, and integration within and between production and other [...]
This project aims to enhance seaweed farming using Marine Permaculture (MP), a technique that utilises submersible platforms to access deepwater nutrients, ensuring seaweed growth despite warming temperatures. In collaboration with the University of Queensland, the project will model and [...]
Effective knowledge sharing and collaboration between research programs and across the various project, data, and technology outcomes is essential for the CRC to achieve enduring success. This project will bring together digital experts, data scientists, engagement specialists, project partners, [...]
BE CRC research has highlighted the potential of offshore wind in Australia’s future energy planning. With suitable sites located across all Australian states, offshore wind promises to establish Australia as an ‘energy superpower’. In early August 2022 the Australian [...]
The main objectives of this research project are to undertake a feasibility study into the maturity of hydrogen and ammonia powered vessel technology, to consider the near-term market for such vessels operating in Australian waters and for overseas vessel [...]
The global seaweed market is valued currently at >US$6B annually and is growing rapidly, however in Australia the seaweed industry and associated product development is nascent. Several independent analyses have identified considerable opportunities for Australia in building a modern [...]
The pressing demand for energy generation from renewable resources, as well as the increasing activities in the offshore environment, are driving significant progress in the research, development and implementation of new technologies. In Australia, a wide range of market [...]
The principal aim is to support and improve offshore Atlantic salmon aquaculture through a translational experimental approach that addressed critical knowledge gaps in salmon production biology by working closely with industry partners including the Tasmanian selective breeding program. Translation [...]
Reliability and safety are critical for any successful power system operation. A well-designed power system ensures robust performance and maximises the withstanding capability under all normal and transient operating conditions. Moreover, a power system primarily supplied by renewable energy sources [...]
Farmed fish are exposed to biosecurity risks that compromise their welfare and increase production costs. Risks include pathogens and proliferations of microalgae and jellyfish. Farms will become less accessible as the industry expands into offshore and higher energy environments. [...]
Bull kelp (Durvillaea spp.) is a strong option for offshore cultivation due to its ability to tolerate high wave energy and produce high levels of alginates. However, basic biological information required for its cultivation (reproduction, early lifecycle development and [...]
Aquaculture will increasingly require both routine and event-driven environmental monitoring. Autonomous systems will play an enabling role in these operations, fundamentally improving sustainability at existing sites and the assessment of new sites. The move to complex offshore environments envisaged [...]
Development of a larger and diverse “Blue Economy” requires spatial planning that gives industries certainty of tenure and supports the management of risks. The long-term goal of spatial planning should be to link physical, environmental, cultural and heritage, resource [...]
The seas around Australia hold significant economic opportunity, but rapid development could jeopardise environmental integrity and social trust. There is currently no consistent, comprehensive mechanism to monitor and manage these risks to enable the full opportunity of Blue Economy developments [...]
Globally, as the aquaculture sector moves operations further offshore, the sector is encountering new challenges to access clean and reliable energy. Without shore-based power, energy-intensive offshore aquaculture operations such as feeding barges become reliant on diesel generators with many [...]
A prototype version of the M4 (short for ‘Moored MultiModal Multibody’) Wave Energy Converter will be deployed in King George Sound, Albany, funded by the CRC, WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and UWA. The project demonstrates [...]
Photovoltaics, batteries, supercapacitors, electrolysers and fuel cells are all natively DC. DC power is common in marine settings. Networking these components into a microgrid using high-efficiency DC–DC converters is logical, but problematic in practice, and few suitable DC–DC converters [...]
The expansion of aquaculture into offshore waters is key for further marine economic development worldwide. A fundamental assumption used to argue for such expansion is that operating in deeper and more dynamic offshore waters will increase the horizontal dispersion [...]
The efficient and cost-effective conversion of wave energy into electrical energy has remained an unsolved technological challenge. This project will develop, proof test and demonstrate a novel energy storage element, the Mooring Tensioner, enabling the use of rotary electrical [...]
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