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OES-Environmental 2024 State of the Science Report: Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Development Around the World | OES-Environmental | Report | Marine Energy, OTEC, Tidal, Wave | Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Terrestrial Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Justice, Legal & Policy | |
Environmental impacts from large-scale offshore renewable-energy deployment | Ouro, P.; Fernandez, R.; Armstrong, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Collision, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
Assessment of ocean energy systems as a source of energy for a proposed aquaculture ecosystem in Guam | Peralta, F. | Conference Paper | Marine Energy, OTEC, Wave | Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Habitat Change | Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Social & Economic Data | |
Feasibility of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Development for U.S. Islands | Copping, A.; Farr, H. | Conference Paper | Marine Energy, OTEC | Chemicals, Displacement, Entanglement, Habitat Change | Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions | |
A Probabilistic Methodology for Determining Collision Risk of Marine Animals with Tidal Energy Turbines | Copping, A.; Hasselman, D.; Bangley, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Collision | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
Automated Detection and Tracking of Marine Mammals in the Vicinity of Tidal Turbines Using Multibeam Sonar | Gillespie, D.; Hastie, G.; Montabaranom, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Collision | Marine Mammals | |
Task Force on Sustainable Tidal Energy Development in the Bay of Fundy Interim Report | Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal | Collision | Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy | |
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 | ||
Modeling the acoustic noise from a wave energy converter farm and its impact on marine mammals at the PacWave South site, offshore Newport Oregon | Harding, J.; Preston, L.; Johnson, E.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wave | Noise | Marine Mammals | |
Mapping Environmental Considerations for Marine Spatial Planning in Wales: Methodology | Murray, L.; Bloomfield, H.; Skates, L. | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment | ||
Information to support Environmental Assessment of tidal lagoon developments in Wales | Natural Resource Wales | Guidance | Marine Energy, Tidal | Habitat Change | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment | |
European offshore renewable energy, towards a sustainable future | Soukissian, T.; O’Hagan, A-M.; Azzellino, A.; et al. | Report | Marine Energy, Ocean Current, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, EMF, Noise | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data | |
Blue Economy Regulatory Review Submission: Marine Renewable Energy and Environmental Protection | Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
The Evolution and Future Prospects of China’s Wave Energy Policy from the Perspective of Renewable Energy: Facing Problems, Governance Optimization and Effectiveness Logic | Qi, M.; Dai, X.; Zhang, B.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wave | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
Providing a detailed estimate of mortality using a simulation-based collision risk model | Horne, N.; Culloch, R.; Schmitt, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Collision | Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds | |
Environmental impacts on marine energy systems: collision risks for marine animals and priority species for monitoring in Brazil | Silva, C.; Dagola, P.; Moreira, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave | Collision | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Triton: Environmental Monitoring Technology Development, Collision Risk Data Collection | Packer, A.; Acker, T.; Staines, G. | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal | Collision | Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Echofilter: A Deep Learning Segmentation Model Improves the Automation, Standardization, and Timeliness for Post-Processing Echosounder Data in Tidal Energy Streams | Lowe, S.; McGarry, L.; Douglas, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Collision, Displacement | Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Wave energy: history, implementations, environmental impacts, and economics | Li, H.; Sun, X.; Zhou, H. | Conference Paper | Marine Energy, Wave | Chemicals, Collision, Displacement | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data | |
An ecosystem-based natural capital evaluation framework that combines environmental and socio-economic implications of offshore renewable energy developments | Trifonova, N.; Scott, B.; Griffin, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Ecosystem Processes, Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) in the Tropics: An Overview of MRE Potential in Oaxaca, Mexico | Oman, J. | Report | Marine Energy, Ocean Current, OTEC, Wave | Changes in Flow, Collision, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Pelagic Fish, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data | |
Marine Renewable Energy: An Introduction to Environmental Effects | OES-Environmental | Summary | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave | Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | |
Marine Mammal HiCUP: A High Current Underwater Platform for the Long-Term Monitoring of Fine-Scale Marine Mammal Behavior Around Tidal Turbines | Gillespie, D.; Oswald, M.; Hastie, G.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Marine Mammals | ||
Understanding the Value of Strategic Evidence Surveys to Support the Tidal Steam Energy Sector in Wales | Wood, D.; Griffith, A.; Basic, T.; et al. | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals | ||
Wave-Energy Devices Might Affect the Natural Environment: Scientists plan research to better understand effects | Oregon State University; Pacific Marine Energy Center (PMEC); Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC); et al. | Magazine Article | Marine Energy, Wave | EMF, Entanglement, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Sector Locational Guidance: Enabling Evidence for Sustainable Development Tidal Stream Energy | Welsh Government | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement | ||
Sector Locational Guidance: Enabling Evidence for Sustainable Development Wave Energy | Welsh Government | Report | Marine Energy, Wave | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement | ||
Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) presence is reduced during tidal turbine operation | Palmer, L.; Gillespie, D.; Macaulay, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Avoidance, Collision | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans | |
Environmental Information for Siting and Operation of Floating Tidal Turbines in U.S. Waters | Copping, A.; Garavelli, L.; Overhus, D.; et al. | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal | Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Shetland Tidal Array Monitoring Report: Subsea video monitoring | Smith, K. | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Pelagic Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Moving from scientific research to consenting guidance for MRE environmental risk | Copping, A.; Rose, D.; Freeman, M. | Conference Paper | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave | Changes in Flow, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement | |
Shetland Tidal Array Monitoring Report: Vantage point surveys | Smith, K.; Date, H.; Waggitt, J. | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals | ||
Harbour porpoises exhibit localized evasion of a tidal turbine | Gillespie, D.; Palmer, L.; Macaulay, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Avoidance, Collision | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans | |
Understanding seabird and marine mammal occupancy of tidal stream environments at annual and seasonal scales | Brown, K. | Thesis | Marine Energy, Tidal | Displacement | Birds, Marine Mammals | |
Legal and Political Barriers and Enablers to the Deployment of Marine Renewable Energy | Apolonia, M.; Fofack-Garcia, R.; Noble, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data | ||
Review of monitoring methodologies and technologies, suitable for deployment in high energy environments in Wales, to monitor animal interactions with tidal energy devices | Clarke, D.; Bertelli, C.; Cole, E.; et al. | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Marine Mammals | ||
Relative Performance of Surface vs. Bottom-Mounted Hydrophones in a Tidal Channel | Hasselman, D.; Boucher, T.; Douglas, J.; et al. | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal | Noise | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans | |
Acoustic risk balancing by marine mammals: anthropogenic noise can influence the foraging decisions by seals | Hastie, G.; Lepper, P.; McKnight, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Avoidance, Noise | Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds | |
Abyssal & OPT solution for the mitigation of Illegal Fishing | Weiner, J.; Simão, R. | Report | Wave | Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy | ||
Interdisciplinary Research Collaborative Trains Students to See Through Turbulent Systems | Cammen, K.; Marafino, G.; Burton, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Physical Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions | ||
Application of a multibeam echosounder to document changes in animal movement and behaviour around a tidal turbine structure | Williamson, B.; Blondel, P.; Williamson, L.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Attraction, Collision, Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Against the Tide: Potential for Marine Renewable Energy in Eastern and Southern Africa | Belletti, E.; McBride, M. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Riverine, Tidal | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data | ||
Collision risk modelling for tidal energy devices: A flexible simulation-based approach | Horne, N.; Culloch, R.; Schmitt, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal | Collision | Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds | |
Orkney Islands Marine Region: State of the Environment Assessment | Orkney Islands Council | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Birds, Physical Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement | ||
Ocean energy and the environment: Research and strategic actions | ETIP Ocean | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave | Collision, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Physical Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Accelerating Energy Innovation for the Blue Economy | The Economist Intelligence Unit | Report | Marine Energy, OTEC, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data | ||
Ocean renewable energy development in Southeast Asia: Opportunities, risks and unintended consequences | Quirapas, M.; Taeihagh, A. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Ocean Current, Tidal, Wave | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data | ||
Potential Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Development—The State of the Science | Copping, A.; Hemery, L.; Overhus, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave | Changes in Flow, Collision, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Social & Economic Data | |
Wave and Tidal Stream Critical Evidence Needs | Offshore Renewables Joint Industry Programme (ORJIP) | Report | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave | Changes in Flow, Collision, Noise | Birds, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | |
A Review on Environmental and Social Impacts of Thermal Gradient and Tidal Currents Energy Conversion and Application to the Case of Chiapas, Mexico | Rivera, G.; Felix, A.; Mendoza, E. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, OTEC, Tidal | Changes in Flow, Collision, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions |
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