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: 2556

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Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Genetic Approaches to the Conservation of Migratory Bats: A Study of the Eastern Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) Vonhof, M., Russell, A. Journal Article Bats, Ecosystem Processes
Evaluating the Potential for Marine and Hydrokinetic Devices to Act as Artificial Reefs or Fish Aggregating Devices, Based on Analysis of Surrogates in Tropical, Subtropical, and Temperate U.S. West Coast and Hawaiian Coastal Waters Kramer, S., Hamilton, C., Spencer, G. Report Marine Energy Habitat Change Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish
Modeling autumn migration of a rare soaring raptor identifies new movement corridors in central Appalachia Dennhardt, A., Duerr, A., Brandes, D. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Raptors, Birds
Offshore Wind Energy Development in North Carolina Stearns, B., Murphy, M., Marriott, S. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data
Classification of Birds and Bats Using Flight Tracks Cullinan, V., Matzner, S., Duberstein, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats, Birds
Effectiveness of operational mitigation in reducing bat mortality and an assessment of bat and bird fatalities at the Sheffield Wind Facility, Vermont Martin, C. Thesis Wind Energy Collision Bats, Birds
Responses of Male Greater Prairie-Chickens to Wind Energy Development Winder, V., Gregory, A., McNew, L. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Birds
Behavior of the Hawaiian Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) at Wind Turbines and its Distribution Across the North Ko'olau Mountains, O'ahu Gorresen, P., Cryan, P., Huso, M. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Sociological Effects of Wind Farms in Maine Barthold, J. Thesis Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
OCGen Module Mooring Design Marnagh, C., McEntee, J., Donegan, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal
Early Research Efforts at the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site Cross, P., Rocheleau, R., Vega, L. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow, EMF, Noise
Hydrodynamic Effects of Hydrokinetic Turbine Deployment in an Irrigation Canal Gunawan, B., Roberts, J., Neary, V. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Riverine Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Estimating the Probability of Fish Encountering a Marine Hydrokinetic Device [Conference Paper] Shen, H., Zydlewski, G., Viehman, H. Conference Paper Marine Energy Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish
Improvements to Probabilistic Tidal Turbine-Fish Interaction Model Parameters Tomichek, C., Colby, J., Adonizio, M. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Avoidance, Collision Fish, Demersal Fish
Estuarine response to river flow and sea-level rise under future climate change and human development Yang, Z., Wang, T., Voisin, N. Journal Article Physical Environment, Water Quality, Human Dimensions
Integrating Ocean Wave Energy at Large-Scales: A Study of the US Pacific Northwest Parkinson, S., Dragoon, K., Reikard, G. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Physical Environment
Identical Response of Caged Rock Crabs (Genera Metacarcinus and Cancer) to Energized and Unenergized Undersea Power Cables in Southern California, USA Love, M., Nishimoto, M., Clark, S. Journal Article EMF Invertebrates
Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement: Volume 1 US Department of Energy (DOE), US Department of the Interior (DOI), Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind
Upper Great Plains Wind Energy Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement: Volume 2 US Department of Energy (DOE), US Department of the Interior (DOI), Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind
Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project: 2014 Environmental Monitoring Report ORPC Maine Report Marine Energy, Tidal Invertebrates
Eelgrass, Zostera marina, as essential fish habitat for young-of-the-year winter flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum, 1792) in Maine estuaries Lazzari, M. Journal Article Marine Energy Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Fish
Evaluation of a Passive Acoustic Monitoring Network for Harbor Porpoise in California Jacobson, E., Forney, K., Harvey, J. Report Marine Energy Marine Mammals
Project to Assess Potential Impacts of the Reedsport Ocean Power Technologies Wave Energy Generation Facility on Migration and Habitat use of Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) Payne, J., Erickson, D., Donnellan, M. Report Marine Energy, Wave Fish, Demersal Fish
Limited Impact of a Small Residential Wind Turbine on Birds on an Off-Shore Island in Maine Morris, S., Stumpe, B. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds
Preliminary Assessment of Offshore Wind Development Impacts on Marine Ecosystems Huang, H., Hall, A. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Economic Impact from Large-Scale Deployment of Offshore Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology in Oregon Coastal Counties Jimenez, T., Tegen, S., Beiter, P. Report Marine Energy Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
PMEC-NETS Annual Operations and Monitoring Report 2014 Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) Report Marine Energy, Wave Habitat Change Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Ecological Value of Submerged Breakwaters for Habitat Enhancement on a Residential Scale Scyphers, S., Powers, S., Heck, K. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Pelagic Fish, Invertebrates, Fish, Demersal Fish
Bat Evaluation Monitoring Studies at the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm Benton County, Indiana: August 4 - October 14, 2014 Good, R., Iskali, G., Adachi, K. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Post Construction Fatality Surveys for the Prairie Rose Wind Energy Facility Rock County, Minnesota Chodachek, K., Adachi, K., DiDonato, G. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision
Approach to the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Action Plan Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body Report Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Session 1 Presentation - Wave Energy Converter Effects on Wave, Current, and Sediment Circulation: A Coupled Wave and Hydrodynamic Model of Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, CA Jones, C., Chang, G., Roberts, J. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Proceedings of Ocean Waves Workshop (2015) Nichols, C. Workshop Article Physical Environment
Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative 4th Science and All Committees Meeting: Final 2015 Workshop Proceedings Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative (BWEC) Workshop Article Wind Energy Bats
Variability in the Florida Current: Implications for Power Generation Hanson, H., Smentek-Duerr, A., VanZwieten Jr., J. Report Marine Energy, Ocean Current Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan: Volume 1 - Management and Administration Commonwealth of Massachusetts Report Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
2015 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan: Volume 2 - Baseline Assessment and Science Framework Commonwealth of Massachusetts Report Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
The Maine Tidal Power Initiative: Transdisciplinary Sustainability Science Research for the Responsible Development of Tidal Power Jansujwicz, J., Johnson, T. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
Fish Interactions with a Commercial-Scale Tidal Energy Device in the Natural Environment Viehman, H., Zydlewski, G. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Pelagic Fish, Fish
Adaptable Monitoring Package (AMP) Polagye, B., Stewart, A., Joslin, J. Research Study Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Noise Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment
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