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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: 1556

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Methods for Individual Based Modelling of Harbour Porpoise Croft, N., Masters, I., Lake, T. Conference Paper Marine Energy Marine Mammals
Voith HyTide at EMEC Voith Hydro Project Site Marine Energy, Tidal
Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm: Red-throated Diver Displacement Ellis, I., Ward, R. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement Birds, Waterfowl
London Array Offshore Wind Farm Project: Decommissioning Programme Blue Transmission Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind
Environmental Scoping Report: Brims Tidal Array OpenHydro, SSE Renewables Report Marine Energy, Tidal
Scoping Study: Review of Current Knowledge of Underwater Noise Emissions from Wave and Tidal Stream Energy Devices Robinson, S., Lepper, P. Report Wave, Tidal, Marine Energy Noise
Long-Term Multibeam Measurements Around a Tidal Turbine Test Site in Orkney, Scotland Blondel, P., Williamson, B. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals
Planning Scotland's Seas: SEA of Plans for Wind, Wave and Tidal Power in Scottish Marine Waters Environmental Report APS Group Scotland Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Lighting, Noise, Vessel Strike Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement, Visual Impacts
Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Enabling Actions Report: Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Wave and Tidal Stream Projects and Migratory Salmonids Slaski, R., Hirst, D., Gray, S. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Fish, Pelagic Fish
Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One: Environmental Statement: Volume 5 - Offshore Annexes Chapter 5.5.1: Ornithology Technical Report RPS group Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
The Economic Impact of the Development of Marine Energy in Wales Regeneris Consulting Ltd. Report Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One: Reports - Habitat Regulations Assessment Report: Information to Support the Appropriate Assessment for Project One RPS group Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Noise Negatively Affects Foraging and Antipredator Behaviour in Shore Crabs Wale, M., Simpson, S., Radford, A. Journal Article Noise Invertebrates
Tidal barrages in the UK: Ecological and social impacts, potential mitigation, and tools to support barrage planning Hooper, T., Austen, M. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Collision Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions, Ecosystem Processes
Correlations Between Benthic Habitats and Demersal Fish Assemblages - A Case Study on the Dogger Bank (North Sea) Sell, A., Kröncke, I. Journal Article Habitat Change Fish, Demersal Fish, Invertebrates
Impacts of a Wave Farm on Waves, Currents and Coastal Morphology in South West England Gonzalez-Santamaria, R., Zou, Q., Pan, S. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Sediment Transport, Physical Environment
Measuring the Interaction between Marine Features of Special Protection Areas with Offshore Wind Farm Development Sites Through Telemetry: Third Year Report Thaxter, C., Ross-Smith, V., Johnston, A. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Habitat Change Birds, Seabirds
Context-Dependent Impacts of Anthropogenic Noise on Individual and Social Behaviour in a Cooperatively Breeding Fish Bruintjes, R., Radford, A. Journal Article Noise Fish
2010-2013, RHDHV, Thanet, Ornithological Monitoring Royal Haskoning DHV, Royal Haskoning, Ecology Consulting Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
West Islay Tidal Energy Park: Environmental Statement DP Energy Ltd. Report Marine Energy, Tidal
Torr Head Tidal Energy Array EIA Scoping Report Tidal Ventures Report Marine Energy, Tidal
Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Enabling Actions Report: Ornithological Cumulative Impact Assessment Framework MacArthur, D., Furness, B., Trinder, M. Report Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Birds
Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm: Benthic Monitoring Programme Annual Report and Technical Appendix-Benthic Survey Results Precision Marine Survey Ltd Report Wind Energy Physical Environment
Sound of Islay Demonstration Tidal Array, Cable Route Environmental Information ScottishPower Renewables Report Marine Energy, Tidal Habitat Change
Assessing Vulnerability of Marine Bird Populations to Offshore Wind Farms Furness, R., Wade, H., Masden, E. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Habitat Change Birds
London Array Siemens Project Site Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind
Modeling effects of a tidal barrage on water quality indicator distribution in the Severn Estuary Gao, G., Falconer, R., Lin, B. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Sediment Transport, Physical Environment
Marine Renewable Energy and Scottish West Coast Fishers: Exploring Impacts, Opportunities and Potential Mitigation Alexander, K., Potts, T., Wilding, T. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Social & Economic Data
Modelling the Biological Significance of Behavioural Change in Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins in Response to Disturbance New, L., Harwood, J., Thomas, L. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Habitat Preferences and Distribution of the Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena West of Scotland Booth, C., Embling, C., Gordon, J. Journal Article Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Impact of Tidal Energy Arrays Located in Regions of Tidal Asymmetry Neill, S. Workshop Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Ornithology Technical Report for the proposed Dogger Bank Creyke Beck Offshore Wind Farm projects Burton, N., Thaxter, C., Cook, A. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds
Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm: Volume 2 - Chapter 13: Fish and Shellfish Ecology Livesey, S., Brack, J., Risby, A. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish
Individual Consistency in the Foraging Behaviour of Northern Gannets: Implications for Interactions with Offshore Renewable Energy Developments Soanes, L., Atkinson, P., Gauvain, R. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change Birds, Seabirds
Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm Volume 2: ES Biological Environment Dong Energy Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals
Remote Sensing Image Data and Automated Analysis to Describe Marine Bird Distributions and Abundances Groom, G., Stjernholm, M., Nielsen, R. Journal Article Birds
Marine renewables and coastal communities—Experiences from the offshore oil industry in the 1970s and their relevance to marine renewables in the 2010s Johnson, K., Kerr, S., Side, J. Journal Article Wave, Tidal, Marine Energy Human Dimensions
The potential influence of Robin Rigg Wind Farm on the abundance of adult and juvenile Atlantic salmon Thorley, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish, Pelagic Fish
Fall of Warness Wildlife Observations Methodology European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Report Birds, Marine Mammals
Best Practice Ecological Analysis Methods for Offshore Wind in UK: Case study: Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm – An integrated approach the Marine Environmental Monitoring Plan (MEMP) Walls, R., Shenton, S., Knott, E. Conference Paper Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement Birds, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment

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