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United States of America

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: 2559

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Opportunities and Challenges in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Fuchs, R., Musial, W., Zuckerman, G. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
NOW-23: The 2023 National Offshore Wind Data Set Bodini, N., Redfern, S., Rybchuk, A. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind
SFW01-0097 South Fork Fisheries Monitoring Plan WP3: Ventless Trap Survey Year 3 Report Bethoney, N., Long, M., McGinnis, L. Report Wind Energy Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Assessing Areas for Interactions between Tricolored Bats and Wind Energy Facilities Rodriguez, R., Robbins, J., Quillen, J. Presentation Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Incidental eagle carcass detection can contribute to fatality estimation at operating wind energy facilities Hallingstad, E., Riser-Espinoza, D., Brown, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Raptors, Human Dimensions
Upcalling behaviour and patterns in North Atlantic right whales, implications for monitoring protocols during wind energy development Davis, G., Tennant, S., Van Parijs, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions
Fisheries Baseline Analysis for Rhode Island for the SouthCoast Wind Brayton Point Export Cable Route and Rhode Island GLDs Kite-Powell, H., Jin, D., Weir, M. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Social & Economic Data
Bluepoint Wind: Semi-Annual Progress Report (May 1, 2023 - October 31, 2023) Bluepoint Wind Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Fish distribution in three dimensions around the Block Island Wind Farm as observed with conventional and volumetric echosounders Jech, J., Lipsky, A., Moran, P. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction Fish
Short-term habituation of the longfin squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) to pile driving sound Jézéquel, Y., Jandial, P., Cones, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Invertebrates
Potential Hydrodynamic Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on Nantucket Shoals Regional Ecology: An Evaluation from Wind to Whales National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Ecosystem Processes, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Acoustic ecology of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) between two U.S. offshore wind energy areas Holdman, A., Tregenza, N., Van Parijs, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Displacement, Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Leveraging data from a private recreational fishing application to begin to understand potential impacts from offshore wind development DePiper, G., Corvi, D., Steinback, S. Journal Article Wind Energy Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Amended Biological Opinion on the Effects of the Sunrise Wind Farm and Sunrise Wind Export Cable – Development and Operation on Federally Listed Species within the Jurisdiction of the Long Island Field Office, New York. Papa, S., Spiller, K., Kaforski, R. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds
Energy Equity Opportunities in Distributed Wind Hybrid Systems for Rural Loads Parker, K., Fensch, A., Kazimierczuk, K. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Environmental life cycle assessment of a novel offshore wind energy design project: A United States based case study Moussavi, S., Barutha, P., Dvorak, B. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Life Cycle Assessment, Social & Economic Data
A management-focused population viability analysis for North Atlantic right whales Runge, M., Linden, D., Hostetler, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Entanglement, Noise, Vessel Strike Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Fixed-station and glider-based passive acoustic monitoring reveals spatiotemporal spawning dynamics of Atlantic cod and their potential interaction with offshore wind energy Van Hoeck, R., Rowell, T., Dean, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Fish, Demersal Fish
Establishing baselines for predicting change in ambient sound metrics, marine mammal, and vessel occurrence within a US offshore wind energy area Van Parijs, S., DeAngelis, A., Aldrich, T. Journal Article Wind Energy Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Maryland Offshore Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs Report Wind Energy Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Low impact siting for wind power facilities in the Southeast United States Feng, X., Li, S., Kalies, E. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Validating a Tethered Balloon System and Optical Technologies for Marine Wildlife Detection and Tracking Amerson, A., Gonzalez-Hirshfeld, I., Dexheimer, D. Journal Article Marine Energy Marine Mammals
Prevalence and predictors of wind energy opposition in North America Stokes, L., Franzblau, E., Lovering, J. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Vineyard Wind 1 Demersal Trawl Survey Summer 2023 Seasonal Report Rillahan, C. , He, P. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish
Vineyard Wind 1 Demersal Trawl Survey Spring 2023 Seasonal Report Rillahan, C. , He, P. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish
Empire Offshore Wind Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Acoustic Characterization around the CalWave Wave Energy Converter Raghukumar, K., Heal, K., Chang, G. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Noise
Using human-centered design to develop a national research landscape for marine energy in the United States Quinn, S., Hirsch, S. Conference Paper Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
A Conditional probabilistic encounter-impact model for fish-turbine interactions Peraza, J., Horne, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy Collision
Siting tidal energy projects through resource characterization and environmental considerations Copping, A., Garavelli, L., Yang, Z. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions
Vulnerability Index to Scale Effects of Offshore Renewable Energy on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles Off the U.S. West Coast (VIMMS) Southall, B., Mazurek, R., Eriksen, R. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Mapping the Way Forward: Spatial Data Inventory and Insights for Marine Planning in the US Virgin Islands Wright, J., Wilson, R., Wylie, M. Workshop Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Towards assessing the impact of anthropogenic sound on fishes: Gaps, perspectives, and a case study of a large floating bridge Zang, X., Carlson, T., Martinez, J. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Noise Fish
Mapping The Way Forward: Spatial Data Inventory And Insights for Marine Planning In Puerto Rico Wright, J., Wilson, R., Wylie, M. Workshop Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Recreation & Tourism, Visual Impacts
Year 3 Report SFW01-0097 Fisheries Monitoring Plan WP2: Beam Trawl Monitoring Survey Bethoney, N., Verkamp, H., Collie, J. Report Wind Energy Fish, Invertebrates
Responsible Practices for Regional Wildlife Monitoring and Research in Relation to Offshore Wind Energy Development New York State Environmental Technical Working Group (NYETWG) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind
Impact of siting ordinances on land availability for wind and solar development Lopez, A., Cole, W., Sergi, B. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions
Nationwide Recommendations for Impact Pile Driving Sound Exposure Modeling and Sound Field Measurement for Offshore Wind Construction and Operations Plans Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Guidance Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Forecasting suitable areas for wind turbine occurrence to proactively improve wildlife conservation Boggie, M., Butler, M., Sesnie, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Birds, Human Dimensions
Campaign 8 Interim Report 1 McKenna, K., Hsu, S., O'Brien, O. Report Wind Energy Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Reptiles, Sea Turtles

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