Knowledge Base

The Knowledge Base provides access to information about the environmental effects of wind energy, supporting the WREN initiative. Relevant documents from around the world are compiled into a user-friendly table that displays all content available in Tethys. Results can be narrowed using the keyword filters on the right, or with search terms entered in the text box. Content may also be sorted alphabetically by clicking on column headers. Some entries will appear on the next page.

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Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Proceedings of the Wind-Wildlife Research Meeting XII PNWWRM XII Conference Paper Wind Energy (General)
2006 Rare Bird Survey at the Proposed Clayton Wind Project in Clayton, New York Stantec Consulting Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Birds
2010 Initial Bird Assessment of the Dennis Water District Wind Turbine Project Site Podolsky, R. Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Seabirds, Passerines, Birds
2011 Post-Construction Monitoring Study Criterion Wind Project Garrett County, Maryland Young, D., Lout, M., Courage, Z. Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Bats
2012 Post-Construction Monitoring Study Criterion Wind Project Garrett County, Maryland Young, D., Nations, C., Lout, M. Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision, Avoidance Birds, Bats
2014 Bat Survey Report: Wilton IV Wind Energy Center Burleigh County, North Dakota Wilton Wind IV Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Bats
2016-2017 Status Assessment and Update on the Wind Vision Roadmap DeMeo, E. Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Raptors, Ground-Nesting Birds, Birds
2017 State of Wind Development in the United States by Region Oteri, F., Baranowski, R., Baring-Gould, I. Report Wind Energy (General)
2018 State of the Sector Report: Marine Renewable Energy in Canada Marine Renewables Canada Report Wind Energy (General), Wave, Tidal, Riverine, Offshore Wind, Marine Energy (General)
2nd Iteration: Effect of turbine capacity on collision numbers for three large gull species, based on revised density data, when assessing cumulative effects of offshore wind farms on birds in the southern North Sea van der Wal, J., Fijn, R., Gyimesi, A. Report Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Collision Seabirds, Birds
50 CFR Part 17: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for Gunnison Sage-Grouse; Proposed Rule Gelat, P. Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Birds
A balanced solution to the cumulative threat of industrialized wind farm development on cinereous vultures (Aegypius monachus) in south-eastern Europe Vasilakis, D., Whitfield, D., Kati, V. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision Raptors, Birds
A Baseline Assessment of Electromagnetic Fields Generated by Offshore Windfarm Cables Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies Report Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind EMF
A bat fatality risk model at wind farms in Dobrogea, Romania, using a GIS approach Măntoiu, D., Chisamera, G., Chachula, O. Presentation Wind Energy (General) Ecosystem Processes, Bats
A Bayesian approach to marine spatial planning Erhardt, M. Thesis Marine Spatial Planning, Human Dimensions
A bibliography of bat fatality, activity, and interactions with wind turbines Johnson, G., Arnett, E., Hein, C. Report Wind Energy (General) Collision Bats
A Biogeographic Assessment of Seabirds, Deep Sea Corals and Ocean Habitats of the New York Bight: Science to Support Offshore Spatial Planning Menza, C., Kinlan, B., Dorfman, D. Report Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Invertebrates, Birds
A Bird and Small Mammal BACI and IG Design Studies in a Wind Farm in Malpica (Spain) de Lucas, M., Janss, G., Ferrer, M. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Terrestrial Mammals, Birds
A Bridge Between Oceans: Overland Migration of Marine Birds in a Wind Energy Corridor Lamb, J., Newstead, D., Koczur, L. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Seabirds, Birds
A Call for Conservation Scientists to Evaluate Opportunities and Risks from Operation of Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Santangeli, A., Katzner, T. Journal Article Wind Energy (General)
A call-independent and automatic acoustic system for the individual recognition of animals: A novel model using four passerines Cheng, J., Sun, Y., Ji, L. Journal Article Passerines, Birds
A Case Study on the Effects of Underwater Noise During the Construction of Large Offshore Wind Farms Mason, T., Barham, R., Nedwell, J. Conference Paper Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Noise
A Characterization of Marine Mammals and Turtles in the Mid and North Atlantic Areas of the US Outer Continental Shelf Cetacean and Turtle Assessment Program Report Reptiles, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
A Collision Risk Model to Predict Avian Fatalities at Wind Facilities: An Example Using Golden Eagles, Aquila chrysaetos New, L., Bjerre, M., Millsap, B. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision Raptors, Birds
A Comment on "Bats Killed in Large Numbers at United States Wind Energy Facilities" Huso, M., Dalthorp, D. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
A Comment on Novel Scavenger Removal Trials Increase Wind Turbine-Caused Avian Fatality Estimates Huso, M., Erickson, W. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision Birds
A comparative assessment of proposed offshore wind power demonstration projects in the United States Bates, A., Firestone, J. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
A Comparison of Offshore Wind Power Development in Europe and the US: Patterns and Drivers of Development Snyder, B., Kaiser, M. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
A Comparison of Perceptions towards Wind Power among Local and Foreign Residents of Jeju Island, South Korea Kojetin, D., Min, K. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
A comparison of supervised learning techniques in the classification of bat echolocation calls Armitage, D., Ober, H. Journal Article Bats
A Comparison of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Benthic Habitat Mapping to Inform Offshore Wind Energy Development LaFrance, M., King, J., Oakley, B. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Invertebrates, Ecosystem Processes
A Comprehensive Analysis of Small-Passerine Fatalities from Collision with Turbines at Wind Energy Facilities Erickson, W., Wolfe, M., Bay, K. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision Birds
A Computational Method to Predict and Study Underwater Noise due to Pile Driving Schecklman, S., Laws, N., Zurk, L. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Noise
A Conceptual Model to Determine Vulnerability of Wildlife Populations to Offshore Wind Energy Development Goodale, M., Stenhouse, J. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Ecosystem Processes
A Conservation Plan for Bats in Wyoming Hester, S., Grenier, M. Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Bats
A Continued Examination of Avian Mortality in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area Orloff, S., Flannery, A. Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision Raptors, Birds
A crane movement model parameterized using portable radar for evaluating response to wind energy development Kirsch, E., Diehl, R., Suarez, M. Conference Paper Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Shorebirds, Birds
A Description of the Biosis Model to Assess Risk of Bird Collisions with Wind Turbines Smales, I., Muir, S., Meredith, C. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision, Avoidance Birds
A Digital Acoustic Recording Tag for Measuring the Response of Wild Marine Mammals to Sound Johnson, M., Tyack, P. Journal Article Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
A Fall 2005 Radar and Acoustic Survey of Bird and Bat Migration at the Proposed Deerfield Wind Project in Searsburg and Readsboro, Vermont Stantec Consulting Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Birds, Bats
A Field Study on the Aesthetics of Small Wind Machines: A Preliminary Report Strojan, C., Lawrence, K., O'Donnell, D. Conference Paper Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Visual Impacts, Human Dimensions
A first approach to deal with cumulative effects on birds and bats of offshore wind farms and other human activities in the Southern North Sea Leopold, M., Boonman, M., Collier, M. Report Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Seabirds, Birds, Bats
A Forensic Investigation Into the Etiology of Bat Mortality at a Wind Farm: Barotrauma or Traumatic Injury? Rollins, K., Meyerholz, D., Johnson, G. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
A Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative Effects (FAECE) of Offshore Wind Farms on Birds, Bats and Marine Mammals in the Southern North Sea Platteeuw, M., Bakker, J., van den Bosch, I. Book Chapter Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Birds, Bats
A Framework for Regulating Underwater Noise During Pile Driving Andersson, M., Andersson, S., Ahlsén, J. Report Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Noise Pelagic Fish, Marine Mammals, Fish, Demersal Fish
A Further Review of Sediment Monitoring Data Carroll, B., Cooper, B., Dewey, N. Report Wind Energy (General), Offshore Wind Habitat Change Sediment Transport, Physical Environment
A GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Evaluation for Wind Farm Site Selection: A Regional Scale Application in Greece Latinopoulos, D., Kechagia, K. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind
A GIS-Multicriteria Approach to Analyzing Noise and Visual Impacts of Wind Farms Fang, B. Thesis Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Noise Visual Impacts, Human Dimensions
A Group-Based Spatial Decision Support System for Wind Farm Site Selection in Northwest Ohio Gorsevski, P., Cathcart, S., Mirzaei, G. Journal Article Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Stakeholder Engagement, Human Dimensions
A Habitat-Based Wind-Wildlife Collision Model with Application to the Upper Great Plains Region Forcey, G. Report Wind Energy (General), Land-Based Wind Collision, Avoidance, Attraction Birds, Bats

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