Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Welcome to the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability and Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton!
This podcast explores the greatest and most wicked problem that is sustainability, whilst looking at how we are collectively addressing this critical global challenge.
Sustainability needs to be addressed by understanding how the economy, society, culture, politics and environment intersect, and this is the focus that informs each episode of the Meliora podcast.
In each episode, host Professor Simon Kemp and guest hosts are joined by a variety of guests, including academics, students, staff, researchers, alumni, community groups and business leaders.
The aim of the podcast is to shine a light on the vast range of topics surrounding sustainability and to allow listeners to learn about the critical challenges we face, as well as how they can be part of the solution. We also ensure our fantastic students have the opportunity to share their brilliant work with the world.
Podcast host: Professor Simon Kemp, Deputy Director of the Sustainability & Resilience Institute, University of Southampton
Podcast editors: Lily Killner, Sophie Green, Libby Kale, Jack Dunham, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Please do get in touch to discuss this podcast and any of the issues we raise by emailing sri@soton.ac.uk
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Meliora: a podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute
Sarah Ait Mouhoub: Exploring Algeria's Offshore Wind Potential for Sustainable Energy Development.
In this episode of the Meliora Podcast Student Research Symposium at the University of Southampton, we are joined by third-year BSc Environmental Science student Sarah Ait Mouhoub for an exploration of her dissertation research titled: "Exploring Algeria's Offshore Wind Potential for Sustainable Energy Development."
Sarah's dissertation explores the potential for deploying offshore wind farms off the coast of Algeria by assessing a set of technical, environmental and socio-economic criteria. The use of MCDM allows for the criteria to be evaluated while accounting for their relative importance and GIS provides the tools and a visual aid in site selection. Algeria, along with many lower to middle income countries, must begin reducing their reliance on fossil fuels to not only contribute to reducing greenhouse emissions, but to also secure their energy sector in order to provide a reliable and sustainable supply. The project is directly linked to SDG 7 but during the episode, it is also highlighted how it can support the progression towards meeting targets of other SDGs.
Further reading:
Taoufik, M. and Fekri, A. (2021). GIS-based multi-criteria analysis of offshore wind farm development in Morocco. Energy Conversion and Management: X, 11. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2021.100103.
Uyan, M. (2013). GIS-based solar farms site selection using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in Karapinar region, Konya/Turkey. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 28, pp.11–17. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2013.07.042.
Díaz, H. and Guedes Soares, C. (2020). Review of the current status, technology and future trends of offshore wind farms. Ocean Engineering, [online] 209, p.107381. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107381.
The Meliora Podcast Student Research Symposium is part of the 2024 Student Takeover Season where we celebrate the fantastic sustainability research work of our Undergraduate Students.
Guest: Sarah Ait Mahoub (Third-Year BSc Environmental Science Student)
Host: Prof Simon Kemp
Editor: Lily Killner
