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United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom (UK) is located in Northern Europe, covers 242,495 km2 (93,628 mile2) of land surface, and has a population of 68.2 million people (UN data, 2021). The UK’s primary energy production is 1,422 terawatt-hours (TWh), and energy supply per capita is 30 MWh (UN data, 2021). Oil is the largest source of energy consumed, accounting for 39% of the national total (Our World in Data, 2023). The UK is home to 181 threatened species (UN data, 2021).

The UK is currently a member of Ocean Energy Systems, participating in OES-Environmental. The UK had 4 policy and 8 project highlights in the 2023 OES Annual Report.

The UK is currently a member of IEA Wind, participating in WREN. The UK had a total installed wind power capacity of 28.7 GW by the end of 2022, an increase of 3.01 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 United Kingdom.

Total: 1616

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
The Impacts of Small and Medium Wind Turbines on Bats Moyle, A. Thesis Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change, Displacement, Collision, Avoidance, Attraction Bats
A review of crustacean sensitivity to high amplitude underwater noise: Data needs for effective risk assessment in relation to UK commercial species Edmonds, N., Firmin, C., Goldsmith, D. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Technological field: technological innovation in the UK marine energy technology sector Kampouris, M. Thesis Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Scottish Government Demonstration Strategy: Trialling Methods for Tracking the Fine Scale Underwater Movements of Marine Mammals in Areas of Marine Renewable Energy Development Sparling, C., Gillespie, D., Hastie, G. Report Marine Energy Marine Mammals
Wind Farms Community Engagement Good Practice Review Aitken, M., Haggett, C., Rudolph, D. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Updated grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) usage maps in the North Sea Jones, E., Russell, D. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Unstructured Grid Modelling of Offshore Wind Farm Impacts on Seasonally Stratified Shelf Seas Cazenave, P., Torres, R., Allen, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change, Changes in Flow Physical Environment
A Holistic Method for Selecting Tidal Stream Energy Hotspots Under Technical, Economic and Functional Constraints Vazquez, A., Iglesias, G. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Marine Spatial Planning, Human Dimensions
Rampion OWF - Geotechnical Survey, Revision 2 - Final Results Report EGS Ltd. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Physical Environment
Non-lethal management of carnivore predation: long-term tests with a startle reflex-based deterrence system on a fish farm Götz, T., Janik, V. Journal Article Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals
Deep Green Holyhead Deep Project Phase I (0.5 MW) - Environmental Statement Minesto Report Marine Energy, Tidal Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Reconciling Biodiversity Conservation and Widespread Deployment of Renewable Energy Technologies in the UK Gove, B., Williams, L., Beresford, A. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Riding the Tide: Use of a Moving Tidal-Stream Habitat by Harbour Porpoises Benjamins, S., Dale, A., van Geel, N. Journal Article Marine Mammals
Measurement of Hearing in the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using Auditory Evoked Potentials, and effects of Pile Driving Playback on salmon Behaviour and Physiology Harding, H., Bruintjes, R., Radford, A. Report Noise Fish, Pelagic Fish
Potential Environmental Impact of Tidal Energy Extraction in the Pentland Firth at Large Spatial Scales: Results of a Biogeochemical Model van der Molen, J., Ruardij, P., Greenwood, N. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Eco Wave Power Wave Energy Power Station Gibraltar Eco Wave Power Ltd. Project Site Marine Energy, Wave
Brims Tidal Array Environmental Statement OpenHydro, SSE Renewables Report Marine Energy, Tidal Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Assessing collision risk between underwater turbines and marine wildlife Scottish Natural Heritage Report Marine Energy, Tidal Collision
Tidal Turbine Collision Detection Requirements Report Jha, S. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Collision Marine Mammals
RiCORE Project Development of Risk Profiling Bald, J., Menchaca, I., Bennet, F. Report Marine Energy
Three-Frequency Colour Sidescan Sonar System for Monitoring the Seabed at Marine Renewable Energy Installations Tamsett, D., McIlvenny, J., Baxter, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Habitat Change Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
Ground-Level Climate at a Peatland Wind Farm in Scotland is Affected by Wind Turbine Operation Armstrong, A., Burton, R., Lee, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions
Satellite-Tracking of Bewick's Swan Migration in Relation to Offshore and Onshore Wind Farm Sites: Final Report Griffin, L.R., Rees, E.C., Hughes, B. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Displacement Birds, Waterfowl
Practices and rationales of community engagement with wind farms: awareness raising, consultation, empowerm Aitken, M., Haggett, C., Rudolph, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
What Drives Attitudes towards Marine Renewable Energy Development in Island Communities in the UK? de Groot, J., Bailey, I. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Stakeholder Engagement, Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
A Theoretical Approach to Estimating Bird Risk of Collision with Wind Turbines Where Empirical Flight Activity Data Are Lacking Furness, R., Trinder, M., MacArthur, D. Journal Article Wind Energy Displacement, Collision Birds
Contrasting effects of GPS device and harness attachment on adult survival of Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus and Great Skuas Stercorarius skua Thaxter, C., Ross-Smith, V., Clark, J. Journal Article Marine Energy Birds
A World First: Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon in Review Waters, S., Aggidis, G. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy
Active acoustic monitoring in extreme turbulence around marine renewable energy devices Fraser, S., Williamson, B., Scott, B. Journal Article Marine Energy
Testing sensitivity of metrics of seabird population response to offshore wind farm effects Cook, A., Robinson, R. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Seabirds, Birds
Predictive Modelling to Identify Near-Shore, Fine-Scale Seabird Distributions during the Breeding Season Warwick-Evans, V., Atkinson, P., Robinson, L. Journal Article Marine Energy Birds, Seabirds
Quantifying Benthic Secondary Productivity on Artificial Structures: Maximising the Benefit of Marine Renewable Energy Devices Rouse, S. Thesis Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Habitat Change Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Buried Alive: The Behavioural Response of the Mussels, Modiolus modiolus and Mytilus edulis to Sudden Burial by Sediment Hutchison, Z., Hendrick, V., Burrows, M. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Invertebrates
Seal Telemetry Inventory Sparling, C. Report Tidal, Marine Energy Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals
The Scottish Shelf Model. Part 6: Wider Domain and SubDomains Integration Wolf, J., Stuiver, C., Price, D. Report Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
The Scottish Shelf Model. Part 2: Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Sub-Domain Price, D., Stuiver, C., Johnson, H. Report Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
The Scottish Shelf Model. Part 5: Wider Loch Linnhe Sub-Domain Price, D., Stuiver, C., Johnson, H. Report Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
The Scottish Shelf Model. Part 3: St Magnus Bay Sub-Domain Price, D., Stuiver, C., Johnson, H. Report Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
The Scottish Shelf Model. Part 4: East Coast of Lewis and Harris Sub-Domain Price, D., Stuiver, C., Johnson, H. Report Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
The Scottish Shelf Model. Part 1: Shelf-Wide Domain Wolf, J., Yates, N., Brereton, A. Report Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning

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