Knowledge Base
The Knowledge Base provides access to information about the environmental effects of marine and wind energy, supporting OES-Environmental and WREN initiatives. Relevant documents and OES-Environmental metadata forms are compiled into a user-friendly table with advanced filtering. Filters may be selected on the right, or keywords entered in the Search Text box. Content may also be sorted alphabetically by clicking on column headers.
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| Title | Author* | Date** | Type of Content | Technology Types | Stressors |
Receptors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littoral Characterisation of West Mainland Orkney: The Relationship between Wave Energy, Topography and the Biological Community | Want, A., Side, J., Bell, M. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | N/A | Benthic Invertebrates |
| Environmental Impacts over the Seabed and Benthic Communities of Underwater Cable Installation in the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BIMEP) | Bald, J., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates |
| Monitoring Benthic Habitats and Biodiversity at the Tidal Energy Site of Paimpol-Brehat (Brittany, France) | Carlier, A., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | Benthic Invertebrates |
| Flow and Benthic Ecology 4D - FLOWBEC - An Overview | Bell, P., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | Benthic Invertebrates |
| Estimating Distribution of Sedimentary Benthic Habitats and Species on the Eastern Pacific Shelf and Detecting Effects of Device Deployment | Henkel, S., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates |
| Environmental Monitoring of the Paimpol-Brehat Tidal Project | Barillier, A., Carlier, A. | February 2016 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | Noise, Static Device | Benthic Invertebrates, Marine Mammals |
| Environmental impacts over the seabed and benthic communities of submarine cable installation in the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep) | Bald, J., et al. | April 2015 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | N/A | Benthic Invertebrates, Nearfield Habitat |
| Making Marine Renewable Energy Mainstream | Murray, M. | April 2011 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Wave | Noise | Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fisheries |
| SeaGen Tidal Turbine - An Exercise in Adaptive Management | Ainsworth, D. | April 2011 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Tidal | N/A | Birds, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions |
| Effective Monitoring Strategies | Conley, D. | April 2011 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Wave | Changes in Flow | Birds, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality |
| Using the FLOWBEC Seabed Frame to Understand Underwater Interactions between Diving Seabirds, Prey, Hydrodynamics and Tidal and Wave Energy Structures | Williamson, B., et al. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal, Wave | N/A | Birds, Seabirds |
| Seabird Surveys in High Energy Marine Sites; Marrying Best Practice and Guidance | Jackson, D., Pinder, S. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | Birds, Seabirds |
| A Review of Marine Bird Diving Behaviour: Assessing Underwater Collision Risk with Tidal Turbines | Robbins, A., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Tidal | Avoidance, Collision | Birds, Seabirds |
| Observing Ocean Changes at the Nation's First SWAC System | Comfort, C., et al. | September 2013 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, OTEC | N/A | Ecosystem |
| Potential Environmental Consequences of Enhanced Ocean Upwelling | Karl, D., et al. | September 2013 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), OTEC | N/A | Ecosystem Processes |
| Power Availability in the Florida Current and Impact of its Extraction on the Gulf Stream | Bozec, A., Hanson, H., Duerr, A. | December 2010 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Ocean Current | Energy Removal | Farfield Environment |
| Modelling Changes to Physical Environmental Impacts Due to Wave Energy Array Layouts | Smith, H., Ashton, I. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | N/A | Farfield Environment |
| Environmental Effects of Marine Energy Development on Physical Systems | Roberts, J., Jones, C. | May 2015 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | Energy Removal | Farfield Environment |
| Comparative effects of climate change and tidal stream energy extraction in the NW European continental shelf | De Dominicis, M., Wolf, J., Murray, R. | April 2018 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | Farfield Environment |
| PMEC: Tanana River Test Site | Kasper, J., et al. | October 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Riverine | N/A | Fish |
| Salmon in Scottish Coastal Waters: Recent Advancements in Knowledge in Relation to their Interactions with Marine Renewable Energy Installations | Godfrey, J., et al. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | Fish |
| Fish Interactions with Marine Renewable Devices: Lessons Learned, from Ecological Design to Improving Cost-Effectiveness | Zydlewski, G., et al. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | Fish |
| Use of Animal Tracking Technology to Assess Potential Risks of Tidal Turbine Interactions with Fish | Redden, A., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | Fish |
| Environmental impacts over fish communities of submarine cable installation in the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep) | Bald, J., et al. | April 2015 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | N/A | Fish |
| OERA Webinar Series: Finite Element Analysis to Assess Fish Mortality from Interactions with Tidal Turbine Blades | Fyffe, N. | May 2018 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | Dynamic Device | Fish |
| Agent-Based Modelling of fish collisions with tidal turbines | Rossington, K., Benson, T. | May 2019 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Tidal | Avoidance, Collision | Fish |
| State of Understanding: Risk of Blade Strike from Current Energy Converters | Brown-Saracino, J. | May 2015 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | Collision | Fish, Marine Mammals |
| Management of Sustainable Fisheries Alongside Marine Renewables: Modelling the Spatial Interactions | Bell, M., Side, J., Walker, K. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | N/A | Human Dimensions, Fisheries |
| The Attitudes of Fishermen on the Island of Ireland Towards the Development of Marine Renewable Energy in their Locality - Preliminary Survey Results | Reilly, K., O'Hagan, A., Dalton, G. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | N/A | Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Social & Economic Data |
| Marine Renewable Energy: Legal and Policy Challenges to Integrating an Emerging Renewable Energy Source | Wright, G. | July 2012 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | N/A | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy |
| The Reality of Environmental Compliance: A Tidal Perspective | Barr, S. | April 2009 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Tidal | N/A | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy |
| Multiple maritime uses in European seas: Findings from the MUSES project | Kafas, A., Davies, I., Roberts, T. | April 2018 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | N/A | Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning |
| Perceptions of the Inshore Wave Resource by Beach Water Users in the Lee of Wave Hub | Stokes, C. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Wave | N/A | Human Dimensions, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data |
| Optimisation of an underwater imagery analysis method to characterise the reef effect caused by submarine power cables on epibenthic communities | Taormina, B., et al. | April 2018 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | Habitat Change | Invertebrates |
| Marine Mammals and Tidal Turbines: What are the Issues of Concern and how are they being Resolved? | Wilson, B., Hastie, G., Benjamins, S. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | Marine Mammals |
| An Overview of a Simulation Approach to Assessing Environmental Risk of Sound Exposure to Marine Mammals | Donovan, C., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | Noise | Marine Mammals |
| Tidal Energy, Underwater Noise and Marine Mammals | Carter, C., Wilson, B., Burrows, M. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | Noise | Marine Mammals |
| Marine Mammals and Tidal Turbines: Understanding True Collision Risk | Sparling, C., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | Dynamic Device | Marine Mammals |
| Tracking Porpoise Underwater Movements in Tidal Rapids using Drifting Hydrophone Arrays. Filling a Key Information Gap for Assessing Collision Risk | Gordon, J., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans |
| Understanding the Potential for Marine Megafauna Entanglement Risk from Marine Renewable Energy Developments [Presentation] | Benjamins, S., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | Entrapment | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans |
| Risk of whale encounters with offshore renewable energy mooring lines and electrical cables | Copping, A., Grear, M., Sanders, G. | April 2018 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind | Collision, Entrapment | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans |
| Movement Patterns of Seals in Tidally Energetic Sites: Implications for Renewable Energy Development | Hastie, G., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds |
| Annex IV Goals | Copping, A. | April 2011 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| Annex IV Project - Ocean Energy Systems Implementing Agreement | Battey, H., Copping, A. | April 2011 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| IEA-OES Annex IV | Copping, A. | September 2010 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| Relevant Ocean Energy Activities in China | Liang, Z. | May 2006 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| Run of River Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Presentation: Clean, Domestic, Scalable, Continuous, Competative Power | Free Flow Power | April 2010 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Riverine | N/A | N/A |
| Tethys - Knowledge Management to Support Environmental Risk Modeling and Mitigation in MHK Power Systems | Butner, S., et al. | September 2010 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| The Environmental Work within the Vattenfall Ocean Energy Programme | Anderson, K. | September 2010 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| Tidal Current Power Development in Korea | Lee, K., et al. | November 2009 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | N/A |
| Marine Renewable Energy and the Environment: Progress and Challenges | Polagye, B. | January 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | N/A |
| Developing Capabilities for Tidal Hydrokinetic Blade Strike Monitoring | Polagye, B., et al. | September 2011 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | Dynamic Device | N/A |
| Sustainable Seas Ko ngā moana whakauka: National Science Challenge | Hall, J., et al. | July 2015 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wind Energy general, Offshore Wind | N/A | N/A |
| The Hebridean Wave Model | Christie, D. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | N/A | N/A |
| What Should a Condition Monitoring System Look like for a Tidal Turbine? | Marnoch, J. | February 2016 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | N/A |
| Expanding Access to Environmental Information for Marine Energy Development | Copping, A. | November 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| Annex IV - International Collaboration to Investigate Environmental Effects of Wave and Tidal Devices | Copping, A., et al. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal, Wave | N/A | N/A |
| Assessing the Impact of Man-Made Underwater Noise from Marine Renewable in the Outer Hebrides | Ward, P. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | Noise | N/A |
| Integrated Instrumentation for Marine Energy Monitoring | Polagye, B., et al. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| Multi-Disciplinary Risk Identification and Evaluation for the Tidal Industry | Kolios, A., Read, G., Loannou, A. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | N/A |
| Modelling Impact Assessment in Renewables Development Areas using the New R Package, MRSea v0.1.1 | Scott-Hayward, L., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| Monitoring Spatial Variability for Marine Energy Sites | Ashton, I., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| The Modelling of Tidal Turbine Farms using Multi-Scale, Unstructured Mesh Models | Kramer, S., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | N/A |
| The Role of Tidal Asymmetry in Characterising the Tidal Energy Resource of Orkney | Neill, S., Hashemi, M., Lewis, M. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | N/A |
| Advances in Research to Understand the Impacts of Wave and Tidal Energy Devices in the United States | Brown-Saracino, J. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal, Wave | N/A | N/A |
| Marine Radar Derived Current Vector Mapping at a Planned Commercial Tidal Stream Turbine Array in the Pentland Firth | Bell, P., et al. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | N/A |
| MHK and Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) | Gill, A. | May 2015 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | EMF | N/A |
| Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Regulators Workshop: Lessons from Wind | Baring-Gould, I. | May 2015 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wind Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| Acoustic characterization of Mutriku OWC Plant | Bald, J., et al. | March 2017 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | Noise | N/A |
| Outer Bay of Fundy Tidal Energy Development: Where the Leviathans Live | Trowse, G., Malinka, C. | October 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | N/A |
| Environmental Monitoring Plan of the pre-operational phase of the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep) project | Bald, J., et al. | April 2015 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | N/A | N/A |
| Putting the Pieces Together: Alternatives Analysis and Decision Support | Halsey, K., Manson, P. | January 2012 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | N/A | N/A |
| BioFREE: an international collaboration to assess the impacts of biofouling on the marine renewable energy industry | Want, A., Porter, J. | April 2018 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| Towards improving biofouling information within MRE environments | Quillienn, N., et al. | April 2018 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | N/A |
| Effect of OTEC Thermal Effluent on the Kosrae Coastal Waters of the Micronesia | Kim, J., Mun, J., Kim, H. | September 2013 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), OTEC | Changes in Flow | N/A |
| List of Environmental Effects of MHK Devices | Simas, T., Moura, A., Conley, D. | September 2010 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | N/A | N/A |
| La Rance Tidal Power Plant: 40-Year Operation Feedback - Lessons Learnt | de Laleu, V. | October 2009 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Tidal | N/A | N/A |
| Detecting Potential and Actual Turbine-Marine Life Interactions: A Call for the Development of Best Practices | Redden, A. | November 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Tidal | N/A | N/A |
| Potential Environmental Effects of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion | Sound and Sea Technologies | April 2010 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), OTEC | N/A | N/A |
| Potential OTEC Impacts in the Hawaiian Marine Environment | Parke, M. | January 2010 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), OTEC | N/A | N/A |
| Overview of Environmental Effects: OTEC vs Other Power Generation Methods | Martí, J. | May 2007 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), OTEC | N/A | N/A |
| Development of an Adaptable Monitoring Package for Marine Renewable Energy | Joslin, J., Polagye, B., Stewart, A. | November 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | N/A | N/A |
| Ocean Networks Canada's Quasi Real-time Underwater Monitoring and Control Systems | McLean, S., Pirenne, B. | November 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | N/A | N/A |
| SuperGen Research Helps to Answer Long Standing Problem of Shoreline 'Exposure' | Beharie, R., Side, J. | January 2011 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Tidal, Wave | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
| Quantifying "Exposure" with Cost Effective Wave Resource Measurements | Beharie, R., Side, J. | January 2008 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Wave | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
| Assessing the Impact of Rows of Tidal-Stream Turbines on the Overtides of the M2 | Potter, D, Folkard, A., Ilić, S. | April 2018 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Tidal | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
| Numerical Modeling of Marine Hydrokinetic (MHK) Turbines and their Environmental Effects | Javaherchi, T., Aliseda, A. | December 2010 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment |
| Can tidal stream turbines change the tides in the Pentland Firth, and is there an acceptable limit? | Murray, R. | April 2018 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Tidal | N/A | Physical Environment |
| Further Development and Testing of the EMEC Integrated Environmental Monitoring Platform | Wragg, O. | November 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General) | N/A | Physical Environment |
| Impacts of Tidal-Stream Energy Converter (TEC) Arrays in Relation to the Natural Variability of Sedimentary Processes | Robins, P., Neill, S., Lewis, M. | May 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Tidal | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
| Impact of Wave Energy Arrays on Beach Processes | Neill, S., et al. | February 2012 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Wave | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
| 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. | January 2015 | Presentation | Marine Energy (General), Wave | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport |
| Human Dimensions Research on Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Development in Maine | Jansujwicz, J., Johnson, T. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | Socio-economics |
| Historic Environment Guidance for Wave and Tidal Renewable Energy | Robertson, P., Shaw, A. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal, Wave | N/A | Socio-economics |
| Monitoring the environmental interactions of tidal devices - how do we achieve what is required in a practical and cost effective manner whilst retaining focus on the key issues to assist the consenting of future projects? | Foubister, L. | April 2018 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | Socio-economics |
| First Steps for Marine Life Impact Assessment of Hydrokinetic Turbines in the Arctic | Birjadni, A., et al. | November 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | Socio-economics, Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Analysis of Experience from Environmental Impact Assessments of Wave Energy Test Centres | Conley, D., et al. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | N/A | Socio-economics, Environmental Impact Assessment |
| The Environmental Impact Study of the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) project | Bald, J., et al. | April 2015 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Wave | N/A | Socio-economics, Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Practical Experience of Sectoral Planning for Marine Renewable Energy Development in Scotland | Davies, I., et al. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general | N/A | Socio-economics, Legal and Policy |
| A Framework for Environmental Risk Assessment and Decision-Making for Tidal Energy Development in Canada [Presentation] | Isaacman, L., Daborn, G., Redden, A. | April 2014 | Presentation | Marine Energy general, Tidal | N/A | Socio-economics, Legal and Policy |
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