SSI Researcher Gayle Zydlewski Leads Uº£½ÇÉçÇø Team on U.S. Dept. of Energy Funded Project
The University of º£½ÇÉçÇø is sharing in a $16 million dollar award from the U.S. Dept. of Energy which will be used to fund projects aimed at studying tidal energy potential. The $494,000 Uº£½ÇÉçÇø project, led by SSI researcher and associate professor of marine sciences Gayle Zydlewski, will use data from research initiated by SSI’s project, to predict the probability of fish interactions with energy devices such as Ocean Renewable Power Company’s TidGen Power System in Cobscook Bay. The project is expected to aid in the understanding of the effects of deployed marine energy devices on local fish populations.