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Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian Part of the North Sea: Getting ready for offshore wind farm expansion in the North Sea | Degraer, S.; Brabant, R.; Rumes, B.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning | |
A review to inform the assessment of the risk of collision and displacement in petrels and shearwaters from offshore wind developments in Scotland | Deakin, Z.; Cook, A.; Daunt, F.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement | Birds, Fish | |
Update on the current state of knowledge on the impacts of offshore wind farms on birds in the OSPAR Region: 2019-2022 | Leemans, J.; Collier, M. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Birds, Seabirds | ||
Literature Review on Barrier Effects, Ghost Fishing, and Electromagnetic Fields for Floating Windfarms | Williamson, L. | Report | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Displacement, EMF, Entanglement | Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals | |
Marine renewable energy technologies on the high seas: challenges and opportunities to strengthen international environmental and renewable energy governance | Soria-Rodríguez, C. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
Ecosystem Benefits of Floating Offshore Wind | Haberlin, D.; Cohuo, A.; Doyle, T. | Report | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | |
Environmental licensing for offshore wind farms: Guidelines and policy implications for new markets | de Vasconcelos, R.; Silva, L.; Gonzalez, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
New England Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles | ||
U.S. Pacific Coast Workshop Report on Preconstruction Research Recommendations | Green, R.; Severy, M.; Hein, C.; et al. | Workshop Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions | ||
Offshore Wind Energy Permitting Processes in the European Union: An examination of Danish, German, Scottish and Swedish offshore permitting processes and case study of acoustic impact on marine mammals | Jack, T. | Thesis | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Noise | Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | |
Conflicts between Fisheries and Offshore Wind Power in Taiwan: Legal and Administrative Prospects | Tseng, H.; Kao, S-C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy | ||
Public dialogue as a collaborative planning process for offshore wind energy projects: Implications from a text analysis of a South Korean case | Park, S.; Yun, S.; Cho, K. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data | ||
To fly or not to fly? Comparing vantage point and uncrewed aerial vehicle surveys for assessments of seabird abundance and fine-scale distribution | Costagliola-Ray, M.; Lieber, L.; Nimmo-Smith, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Birds, Seabirds | ||
Regulatory and Policy Frameworks for Offshore Wind Projects: Spatial and Temporal Considerations in Light of Fisheries Sustainability amid Climate Change | Al Arif, A.; Anchustegui, I. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Fisheries, Legal & Policy | ||
Environmental variables for distribution modelling of UK marine megafauna species | Wilkinson, D.; Quinn, J. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles | ||
Dominant Frequency Extraction for Operational Underwater Sound of Offshore Wind Turbines Using Adaptive Stochastic Resonance | Wang, R.; Xu, X.; Zou, Z.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change, Noise | Fish, Physical Environment | |
Powering the Blue Economy: An Assessment of Marine Renewable Energies | Guduru, S.; Narula, K. | Book Chapter | Marine Energy, OTEC, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Legal & Policy | ||
Noise pollution from wind turbines and its effects on wildlife: A cross-national analysis of current policies and planning regulations | Teff-Seker, Y.; Berger-Tal, O.; Lehnardt, Y.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Birds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | |
Mitigating Negative Impacts of Marine Renewable Energy on Biodiversity: The Role of International Environmental Law | Marauhn, T.; Böhringer, A-M.; Jaś-Nowopolska, M. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
"We could have been leaders": The rise and fall of offshore wind energy on the political agenda in Ireland | Roux, J-P.; Fitch-Roy, O.; Devine-Wright, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
Kitty Hawk North Wind COP Appendix W: Essential Fish Habitat Assessment | Tetra Tech Inc. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish | ||
Kitty Hawk North Wind COP Appendix S: Ornithological and Marine Fauna Aerial Survey Results | APEM Ltd; Normandeau Associates Inc | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Birds, Fish | ||
Kitty Hawk North Wind Construction and Operations Plan | Tetra Tech Inc. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Fish | ||
Environmental Effects of U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Development: Compilation of Educational Research Briefs | SEER | Summary | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles | |
Windfarms, fishing and benthic recovery: Overlaps, risks and opportunities | Dunkley, F.; Solandt, J. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries | |
International assessment of priority environmental issues for land-based and offshore wind energy development | Green, R.; Gill, E.; Hein, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment | |
Assessment of compensatory measures for impacts of offshore windfarms on seabirds | McGregor, R.; Trinder, M.; Goodship, N. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Birds, Seabirds, Human Dimensions | ||
A decade of underwater noise research in support of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive | Merchant, N.; Putland, R.; André, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Noise | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
Future environmental scenarios for offshore wind expansion | Still, D.; Pacitto, S.; Miller, M.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Chemicals, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals | |
Curtailment as a successful method for reducing bat mortality at a southern Australian wind farm | Bennett, E.; Florent, S.; Venosta, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | |
Wind turbines without curtailment produce large numbers of bat fatalities throughout their lifetime: A call against ignorance and neglect | Voigt, C.; Kaiser, K.; Look, S.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy | Collision | Bats, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | |
Powering Healthy Seas: Accelerating Nature Positive Offshore Wind | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Magnetic fields produced by subsea high-voltage direct current cables reduce swimming activity of haddock larvae (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) | Cresci, A.; Durif, C.; Larsen, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | EMF | Fish, Demersal Fish | |
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix O3: Sea Turtle and ESA-listed Fish Protected Species Mitigation and Monitoring Plan | LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Noise | Fish, Reptiles, Sea Turtles | |
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix O1: Marine Mammal, Sea Turtle, and ESA-Listed Fish Assessment | Stantec Consulting | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles | ||
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix N2: Ichthyoplankton Entrainment Assessment | TRC | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish | ||
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix N1: Essential Fish Habitat Assessment | INSPIRE Environmental | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish | ||
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix L: Onshore Ecological Assessment and Field Survey Report | Stantec Consulting | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Physical Environment | ||
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix J1: Offshore EMF Assessment | Exponent Engineering P.C. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | EMF | Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles | |
Sunrise Wind Construction and Operations Plan | Stantec Consulting | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | ||
Mapping the collision risk between two gull species and offshore wind turbines: Modelling and validation | Mikami, K.; Kazama, K.; Kazama, M.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision | Birds, Seabirds | |
Reviewing the ecological impacts of offshore wind farms | Galparsoro, I.; Menchaca, I.; Garmendia, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds, Seabirds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates | |
The Potential Compatibility of Designating Offshore Wind Farms within Wider Marine Protected Areas—Conservation of the Chinese White Dolphin Regarding Fishers’ Perception | Jhan, H-T.; Lee, H-T.; Ting, K-H. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Attraction | Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning | |
Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of California Commercial Fisheries from 2005 to 2019 and Potential Overlap with Offshore Wind Energy Development | Wang, Y-H.; Walter, R.; White, C.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
Environmental DNA monitoring of pelagic fish fauna at the Hywind Scotland floating wind energy installation – A pilot study | Ray, J.; Hestetun, J.; Mugu, S.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Fish, Human Dimensions | ||
Workshop Summary on Passive Acoustic Monitoring Data Standards and Management | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Workshop Article | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Noise | Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | |
Generalized changes of benthic communities after construction of wind farms in the southern North Sea | Coolen, J.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Dannheim, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Demersal Fish, Invertebrates | |
Environmental Impact Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment for a Deep Water Floating Offshore Wind Turbine on the Brazilian Continental Shelf | de Paula, L.; Carmo, B. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment | |
Hawkeye State Headwinds: A Case Study of Local Opposition and Siting Challenges for Large Scale Wind Development in Iowa | Kelly, C.; Nelson, S.; Herter, J.; et al. | Report | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
End of Life Materials Mapping for Offshore Wind in Scotland | Bennet, L.; Spyroudi, A.; Stevenson, L. | Report | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data |
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