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Title | Author | Date Sort ascending | Content Type | Technology | Stressor | Receptor |
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Wind farms increase land surface temperature and reduce vegetation productivity in the Inner Mongolia Plateau | Liu, L.; Liu, P.; Yu, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment | |
Making eco-sustainable floating offshore wind farms: Siting, mitigations, and compensations | Danovaro, R.; Bianchelli, S.; Brambilla, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | |
Evaluating drivers of recent large whale strandings on the East Coast of the United States | Thorne, L.; Wiley, D. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans | ||
Quantifying land impacts of wind energy: a regional-scale assessment in Finland | Balotari-Chiebao, F.; Byholm, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment | |
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 | |
Spatial planning offshore wind energy farms in California for mediating fisheries and wildlife conservation impacts | White, C.; Wang, Y-H; Walter, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, Entanglement | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Developing onshore wind farms in Aotearoa New Zealand: carbon and energy footprints | Pincelli, I.; Hinkley, J.; Brent, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
Primary vs grey: A critical evaluation of literature sources used to assess the impacts of offshore wind farms | Szostek, C.; Edwards-Jones, A.; Beaumont, N.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow, Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | |
Larger wind turbines as a solution to reduce environmental impacts | Akhtar, N.; Geyer, B.; Schrum, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
Numerical and experimental study of the effects of wind turbine operation on sand-dust transport characteristics | Ma, G.; Ye Li, H. H.; Li, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | ||
The global impact of offshore wind farms on ecosystem services | Watson, S.; Somerfield, P.; Lemasson, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Birds, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | ||
Acoustic presence and demographics of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) off southern New England and near a US offshore wind energy area | Westell, A.; Rowell, T.; Posdalijan, N.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Marine Mammals | ||
Developing expert scientific consensus on the environmental and societal effects of marine artificial structures prior to decommissioning | Knights, A.; Lemasson, A.; Firth, L.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | |
Life cycle carbon footprint accounting of an offshore wind farm in Southeast China—Simplified models and carbon benchmarks for typhoons | Sun, Z.; You, X. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment, Stakeholder Engagement | ||
Anthropogenic underwater noise: A review on physiological and molecular responses of marine biota | El-Dairi, R.; Outinen, O.; Kankaanpää, H. | Journal Article | Noise | Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals | ||
Localized Eco-Climatic Impacts of Onshore Wind Farms: A Review | Ze, J.; Xiuchun, Y.; Ang, C. ; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Physical Environment | |
Carbon footprint and energy life cycle assessment of wind energy industry in Libya | Nassar, Y.; El-Khozondar, H.; El-Osta, W.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
Monetized (socio-)environmental handprint and footprint of an offshore windfarm in the Belgian Continental Shelf: An assessment of local, regional and global impacts | De Luca Pena, L.; Taelman, S. E.; Bas, B.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment, Social & Economic Data | ||
A paradigm for understanding whole ecosystem effects of offshore wind farms in shelf seas | Isaksson, N.; Scott, B.; Hunt, G.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Social & Economic Data | ||
Ecosystem indicators: predicting population responses to combined climate and anthropogenic changes in shallow seas | Trifonova, N.; Scott, B. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Overlap between the Mid-Atlantic Bight Cold Pool and offshore wind lease areas | Horwitz, R.; Miles, T.; Munroe, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | |
Decommissioning of offshore wind farms and its impact on benthic ecology | Spielmann, V.; Dannheim, J.; Brey, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | |
Robust bilevel ocean zoning for marine renewable energy, fishery and conservation with fairness concern | Jia, R.; Gao, J.; Li, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
Life Cycle Assessment of Four Floating Wind Farms around Scotland Using a Site-Specific Operation and Maintenance Model with SOVs | Struthers, I.; Avanessova, N.; Gray, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
The overlooked threat of land take from wind energy infrastructures: Quantification, drivers and policy gaps | Kati, V.; Kassara, C.; Panagos, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
Study on the Impact of Offshore Wind Farms on Surrounding Water Environment in the Yangtze Estuary Based on Remote Sensing | Cai, L.; Hu, Q.; Qiu, Z.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
Vessel noise prior to pile driving at offshore windfarm sites deters harbour porpoises from potential injury zones | Gall, A.; Thompson, P.; Merchant, N.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Avoidance, Displacement, Noise | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans | |
EolPop, a R-shiny tool for quantifying the demographic impact of species exposed to fatalities: Application to bird collisions with wind turbines | Chambert, T.; Duriez, O.; Deleaux, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds, Passerines, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
A holistic tool to assess the cost and environmental performance of floating offshore wind farms | Ferreira, V.; Benveniste, G.; Rapha, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment, Social & Economic Data | ||
Morphological Modelling to Investigate the Role of External Sediment Sources and Wind and Wave-Induced Flow on Sand Bank Sustainability: An Arklow Bank Case Study | Creane, S.; O'Shea, M.; Coughlan, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment, Sediment Transport | |
Spatiotemporal Variations of Ocean Upwelling and Downwelling Induced by Wind Wakes of Offshore Wind Farms | Liu, K.; Du, J.; Larsén, X.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Changes in Flow | Physical Environment | |
Impacts of offshore wind power development on China's marine economy and environment: A study from 2006 to 2019 | Liu, G.; Kong, Z.; Sun, W.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Social & Economic Data | ||
Acoustic ecology of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) between two U.S. offshore wind energy areas | Holdman, A.; Tregenza, N.; Van Parijs, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Displacement, Noise | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans | |
Sustainability of corrosion protection for offshore wind turbine towers | Juhl, M.; Hauschild, M.; Dam-Johansen, K. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
Energy efficiency and environmental impacts of horizontal small wind turbines in Austria | Zajicek, L.; Drapalik, M.; Kral, I.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
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 | ||
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.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Noise | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Revealing the ecological impact of low-speed mountain wind power on vegetation and soil erosion in South China: A case study of a typical wind farm in Yunnan | Ma, B.; Yang, J.; Chen, X.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
A risk-based approach to cumulative effects assessment for large marine ecosystems to support transboundary marine spatial planning: A case study of the yellow sea | Ma, C.; Stelzenmüller, V.; Rehren, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions | ||
Investigation of potential metal emissions from galvanic anodes in offshore wind farms into North Sea sediments | Ebeling, A.; Wippermann, D.; Zimmermann, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Chemicals | Physical Environment, Water Quality | |
Floating offshore wind farms in Mediterranean marine protected areas: a cautionary tale | Lloret, J.; Wawrzynkowski, P.; Dominguez-Carrió, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
Offshore wind project-level monitoring in the Northeast U.S. continental shelf ecosystem: evaluating the potential to mitigate impacts to long-term scientific surveys | Methratta, E.; Lipsky, A.; Boucher, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | EMF, Habitat Change | Fish, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
Life cycle assessment of a floating offshore wind farm in Italy | Brussa, G.; Grosso, M.; Rigamonti, L. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
Optimizing China's onshore wind farm layout crucial for carbon neutrality | Li, Q. ; Duan, H.; Liu, G.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
Protected species considerations for ocean planning: A case study for offshore wind energy development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico | Farmer, N.; Garrison, L.; Litz, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
Indo-Pacific finless porpoises presence in response to pile driving on the Jinwan Offshore Wind Farm, China | Fang, L.; Li, M.; Wang, X.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
Offshore construction using gravity-base foundations indicates no long-term impacts on dolphins and harbour porpoise | Potlock, K.; Temple, A.; Berggren, P. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Attraction | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans | |
Spatial Impact of Wind Farm Construction on Harbor Porpoise Detectability | van Geel, N.; Benjamins, S.; Marmo, B.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Noise | Marine Mammals | |
Hearing Impact on Marine Mammals Due to Underwater Sound from Future Wind Farms | Thomsen, F.; Stober, U.; Sarnocinska-Kot, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Noise | Marine Mammals | |
A wind of change for soft-sediment infauna within operational offshore windfarms | Lefaible, N.; Braeckman, U.; Degraer, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Invertebrates, Physical Environment |
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