This project addresses a key question within the Tasmanian oyster industry: how can currently underutilised open ocean and deep-water zones be successfully farmed? The prior oyster aquaculture scoping project highlighted that current deep-water farming is constrained by environmental, genetic, [...]
This project follows the successful completion of the MoorPower Scaled Demonstrator Project in 2024 (Project 1.21.001). Building on the lessons learned from the demonstration and in close collaboration with future end users, the project aims to deliver the required [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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