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United States of America

United States of America (USA) is located in North America, covers 9,833,517 km2 (3,796,742 mile2) of land surface, and has a population of 333 million people (UN data, 2021). The USA’s primary energy production is 25,245 terawatt-hours (TWh), and energy supply per capita is 79 MWh (UN data, 2021). Oil is the largest source of energy consumed, accounting for 38% of the national total (Our World in Data, 2023). The USA is home to 1,841 threatened species (UN data, 2021).

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

The USA is currently a member of IEA Wind, participating in WREN. The USA had a total installed wind power capacity of 144.2 GW by the end of 2022, an increase of 8.30 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 States of America.

Total: 2604

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Guidelines for Providing Benthic Habitat Survey Information for Renewable Energy Development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy Habitat Change Invertebrates
Guidelines for Providing Information on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles for Renewable Energy Development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs Guidance Marine Energy, Wind Energy Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Avian Use Surveys for the Big Blue River Wind Project, Henry County, Indiana. Draft Report: December 2015 – November 2016 Good, R., Ciecka, A., McAlexander, A. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Birds
South Fork Wind Farm COP Appendix P2: Animal Exposure Modelling Denes, S., Weirathmueller, M., Zeddies, D. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Artificial reefs facilitate tropical fish at their range edge Paxton, A., Peterson, C., Taylor, J. Journal Article Habitat Change, Attraction Fish
Columbian sharp-tailed grouse nesting ecology: wind energy and habitat Proett, M., Roberts, S., Horne, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Birds, Ground-Nesting Birds
A three-dimensional underwater sound propagation model for offshore wind farm noise prediction Lin, Y., Newhall, A., Miller, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise
Characterizing the benthic community in Maryland's offshore wind energy areas using a towed camera sled: Developing a method to reduce the effort of image analysis and community description Cruz-Marrero, W., Cullen, D., Gay, N. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Invertebrates
Final License Application for the PacWave South Project Oregon State University Report Marine Energy, Wave Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy, Navigation
Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy Summary of Spring 2019 Digital Survey #12 Normandeau Associates Inc Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind
South Fork Wind Farm COP Appendix O: Essential Fish Habitat Assessment South Fork Wind Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish, Invertebrates
Feeding home ranges of pacific coast feeding group gray whales Lagerquist, B., Palacios, D., Winsor, M. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Underwater Acoustic Monitoring Data Analyses for the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island HDR Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Fish, Marine Mammals
Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy Third Interim Report Normandeau Associates Inc Report Birds, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Landscape Factors Affecting Foraging Flight Altitudes of Great Blue Heron in Maine; Relevance to Wind Energy Development Dolinski, L. Thesis Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Shorebirds
Mapping Benthic Habitat Conditions and Seafloor Deposits Using Sediment Profile Imaging and a Semiautomated Image Processing System Revelas, E., Sackmann, B., Thurlow, A. Conference Paper Marine Energy Physical Environment
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Construction of the Vineyard Wind Offshore Wind Project National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals
Environmental Sensitivity Modeling and Site Characterization Guttenplan, K., Koopman, M., Belin, D. Conference Paper Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind
Stakeholder Perspectives on the Value of Marine Spatial Planning Towards Advancing Offshore Wind in the U.S. Ryan, K., Bates, A., Gopnik, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Stakeholder Engagement, Marine Spatial Planning, Human Dimensions
A smart curtailment approach for reducing bat fatalities and curtailment time at wind energy facilities Hayes, M., Hooton, L., Gilland, K. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Assessing the cumulative exposure of wildlife to offshore wind energy development Wing Goodale, M., Milman, A. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind
Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy Summer 2018 Target Extraction Summary Report Normandeau Associates Inc Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind
Field Observations During Wind Turbine Operations at the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island Elliot, J., Khan, A., Lin, Y. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish
Tracking Offshore Occurrence of Common Terns, Endangered Roseate Terns, and Threatened Piping Plovers with VHF Arrays Loring, P., Paton, P., McLaren, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Collision, Displacement Birds, Seabirds, Shorebirds
Powering the Blue Economy: Exploring Opportunities for Marine Renewable Energy in Maritime Markets LiVecchi, A., Copping, A., Jenne, D. Report Marine Energy Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
South Fork Wind Farm Reconnaissance Atlantic Cod Spawning Survey January - April 2018 Final Report Balouskus, R., Gervelis, B., Carey, D. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish
Digital Aerial Baseline Survey of Marine Wildlife in Support of Offshore Wind Energy Summer 2018 Taxonomic Analysis Summary Report Normandeau Associates Inc Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind
Bird and Bat Conservation Strategy Deuel Harvest North Wind Farm Deuel County, South Dakota Simon, S., Welch-Acosta, B. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Avoidance Birds, Bats
Recommendations For Planning Pre- And Post-Construction Assessments Of Fisheries In The Vineyard Wind Offshore Wind Lease Area Cadrin, S., Stokesbury, K., Zygmunt, A. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Stakeholder Engagement
2019 Vineyard Wind Fishermen Scoping Workshops Report Cadrin, S., Stokesbury, K., Zygmunt, A. Report Wind Energy
Assess risk of individual turbines to Golden Eagles Miller, T. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Raptors
Department of Environmental Management's Advisory Opinion to the Public Utilities Commission Coit, J. Guidance Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Simulating impacts of real-world wind farms on land surface temperature using the WRF model: physical mechanisms Xia, G., Zhou, L., Minder, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Benthic Monitoring During Wind Turbine Installation and Operation at the Block Island Wind Farm, Rhode Island – Year 2 Bartley, M., English, P., King, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change Physical Environment
A strong relative preference for wind turbines in the United States among those who live near them Firestone, J., Kirk, H. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
The Iowa Atmospheric Observatory: Revealing the Unique Boundary Layer Characteristics of a Wind Farm Takle, E., Rajewski, D., Purdy, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment
2018 Post - Construction Monitoring Study Black Oak Getty Wind Project Stearns County, Minnesota Pickle, J., Lombardi, J., Stucker, J. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats, Birds
2018 Post-Construction Monitoring Study Red Pine Wind Energy Facility Lincoln County, Minnesota Trana, M., Hyzy, B., Pickle, J. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats, Birds
The First Large-Scale Offshore Aerial Survey Using a High-Resolution Camera System McGovern, S., Wilmott, J., Lampman, G. Book Chapter Fixed Offshore Wind
SUPPORTING NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT DOCUMENTATION FOR OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO NAVIGATION Salerno, J., Krieger, A., Smead, M. Report Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy

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