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Spain

Spain is located in Southern Europe, covers 505,944 km2 (195,346 mile2) of land surface, and has a population of 46.7 million people (UN data, 2021). Spain’s primary energy production is 385 terawatt-hours (TWh), and energy supply per capita is 31 MWh (UN data, 2021). Oil is the largest source of energy consumed, accounting for 45% of the national total (Our World in Data, 2023). Spain is home to 777 threatened species (UN data, 2021).

Spain is currently a member of Ocean Energy Systems, participating in OES-Environmental. Spain had 2 policy and 6 project highlights in the 2023 OES Annual Report.

Spain is currently a member of IEA Wind, participating in WREN. Spain had a total installed wind power capacity of 29.8 GW by the end of 2022, an increase of 1.67 GW from the year before (IEA-Wind 2022 Annual Report).

Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with Spain.

Total: 183

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Application of Monte Carlo and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Processes for ranking floating wind farm locations Díaz, H., Teixeira, A., Soares, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow, Habitat Change Birds, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Recreation & Tourism
Socio-economic impact of a 200 MW floating wind farm in Gran Canaria Schallenberg-Rodriguez, J., Inchausti-Sintes, F. Journal Article Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Introducing offshore wind energy in the sea space: Canary Islands case study developed under Maritime Spatial Planning principles Abramic, A., Mendoza, A., Haroun, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Assessing the effect of wind farms in fauna with a mathematical model Roman, P., Salinas, C., Araujo, B. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Bats, Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Landscape features associated to wind farms increase mammalian predator abundance and ground-nest predation Gomez-Catasus, J., Barrero, A., Reverter, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Birds, Terrestrial Mammals
Marine renewable energy and maritime spatial planning in Spain: Main challenges and recommendations Quero García, P., Sanabria, J., Ruiz, J. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
A Multi-Criteria Approach to Evaluate Floating Offshore Wind Farms Siting in the Canary Islands (Spain) Díaz, H., Soares, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Habitat Change Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Black kites of different age and sex show similar avoidance responses to wind turbines during migration Santos, C., Ferraz, R., Muñoz, A. Journal Article Wind Energy Collision, Habitat Change Birds, Raptors
Transcontinental 2200 km migration of a Nathusius’ pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) across Europe Alcalde, J., Jiménez, M., Brila, I. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
Factors affecting carcass detection at wind farms using dogs and human searchers del Valle, J., Peralta, F., Arjona, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats, Birds
PivotBuoy An Advanced System for Cost-effective and Reliable Mooring, Connection, Installation & Operation of Floating Wind D6.2: Update of Reliability, Health & Safety and Environmental Assessment of the PivotBuoy system Intecsea Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Chemicals Physical Environment, Water Quality, Human Dimensions
Lost (and found) in Transition: Expert stakeholder insights on low-carbon energy transitions in Spain Sorman, A., Garcia-Muros, X., Pizarro-Irizar, C. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Public acceptance of and heterogeneity in behavioral beach trip responses to offshore wind farm development in Catalonia (Spain) Voltaire, L., Koutchade, O. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Recreation & Tourism, Visual Impacts
Blue energy and marine spatial planning in Southern Europe García, P., Ruiz, J., Sanabria, J. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Foraging seabirds respond to an intermittent meteorological event in a coastal environment Waggitt, J., Torres, R., Fraser, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
WESE Deliverable 4.2 Review of consenting processes for wave energy in Spain and Portugal focusing on risk-based approach and Adaptive Management Bald, J., Apolonia, M. Report Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions
Identifying Birds' Collision Risk with Wind Turbines Using a Multidimensional Utilization Distribution Method Khosravifard, S., Skidmore, A., Naimi, B. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Raptors
Managing the oceans: Site selection of a floating offshore wind farm based on GIS spatial analysis Castro-Santos, L., Lamas-Galdo, M., Filgueira-Vizoso, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
The influence of dredging for locating a tidal stream energy farm Álvarez, M., Ramos, V., Carballo, R. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
World Marine Mammal Conference Book of Abstracts Gazo, M., Chicote, C., Pabst, A. Conference Paper Marine Mammals
Landscape anthropization shapes the survival of a top avian scavenger Arrondo, E., Sanz-Aguilar, A., Perez-Garcia, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Raptors
Ocean Energy and Coastal Protection A Novel Strategy for Coastal Management Under Climate Change Bergillos, R., Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Iglesias, G. Book Wave, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Human Dimensions
Impacts of climate change on wind energy power – Four wind farms in Spain Solaun, K., Emilio, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions
European free–tailed bat fatalities at wind farms in southern Spain Muñoz, A., Farfan, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
Wind turbines cause functional habitat loss for migratory soaring birds Marques, A.,, Santos, C., Hanssen, F. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Displacement Birds, Raptors
Tidal Stream Energy Exploitation Through Marine Spatial Planning Díaz, M. Thesis Marine Energy, Tidal Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Optimization of Wave Farm Location and Layout for Coastal Protection Bergillos, R., Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Iglesias, G. Book Chapter Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow
Management of Coastal Flooding Under Climate Change Through Wave Farms Bergillos, R., Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Iglesias, G. Book Chapter Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow Human Dimensions
An artificial neural network model of coastal erosion mitigation through wave farms Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Bergillos, R., Iglesias, G. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
MRE Regulator Survey Report: Spain Rose, D., Freeman, M. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave
Wave energy converter geometry for coastal flooding mitigation Bergillos, R., Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Allen, J. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality
Dual wave farms for energy production and coastal protection under sea level rise Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Bergillos, R., Iglesias, G. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
A modelling approach for offshore wind farm feasibility with respect to ecosystem-based marine spatial planning Pınarbaşı, K., Galparsoro, I., Depellegrin, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Wind farm repowering guided by visual impact criteria Manchado, C., Gomez-Jauregui, V., Lizcano, P. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Visual Impacts, Human Dimensions
PivotBuoy An Advanced System for Cost-effective and Reliable Mooring, Connection, Installation & Operation of Floating Wind D4.1: Test site environmental conditions Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Noise Physical Environment, Water Quality
A high-resolution hindcast of sea level and 3D currents for marine renewable energy applications: A case study in the Bay of Biscay Chiri, H., Cid, A., Abascal, A. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy
WESE Deliverable 4.1 Stakeholder Database Galsparsoro, I., Mentxaka, I., Apolonia, M. Report Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
WESE Deliverable 2.1 Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity Vinagre, P., Cruz E., Chainho, P. Report Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow, EMF, Noise Marine Mammals, Physical Environment
Wave farm impacts on coastal flooding under sea-level rise: A case study in southern Spain Bergillos, R., Rodriguez-Delgado, C., Iglesias, G. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
Wave energy to power a desalination plant in the north of Gran Canaria Island: Wave resource, socioeconomic and environmental assessment Fernández Prieto, L., Rodríguez Rodríguez, G., Schallenberg Rodríguez, J. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Social & Economic Data

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