Dr. Andrea E. Copping, The ABCs of Ocean Energy Conversion
Technology and Potential Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals
Presented at the SIDS DOCK Side Event On the Margins of the United Nations (UN) Ocean Conference on the Launch of the Global Ocean Energy Alliance (GLOEA): Ocean Energy For Climate Resilient Economies Eurostars Universal Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal 29 June 2022
Dr. Andrea Copping is a senior research scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, one of the US Department of Energy’s national laboratories, and holds a faculty position at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on the environmental effects of the development of wave and tidal energy and offshore wind installations, and the role that these effects play in technology development and project initiation. Using risk-based approaches, Dr. Copping leads a research team that integrates laboratory, field, and modeling measurements into a coherent body of evidence to support siting and permitting decisions.