Building the nExT generaTion of marine Eco-friendly wind faRm
Our mission
BETTER will conduct comprehensive research spanning multiple disciplines and sectors, across various functional and operational scales, to quantify the intricacies and nuances inherent in current designs related to OWF and assess their corresponding environmental impact. By doing so, we can outline a trajectory for expanding our offshore renewable energy capacity while steering the design and development of OWFs with the forces of resiliency and an even wider spectrum of sustainability, thereby mitigating environmental disturbances and socioeconomic impacts.
Our approach
Our approach is unique in that the design and implementation of the technology are informed not only across multi-scale by combining traditional laboratory and field studies, but also incorporating the latest advances in data mining, machine learning, uncertainty quantification and data-driven design with the consideration of engineering design and marine ecosystem restoration.
The project
15 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) from the fields of geology, oceanography, marine ecology, marine biology, geotechnical engineering, computation modelling, offshore engineering, underwater acoustics, data science and mathematics will enjoy a highly integrated, multidisciplinary and inter-sector training environment, including access to big datasets, specialist software and testing apparatus, enriched through secondments with the network of industrial partners and government agencies.