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Title | Author | Date | Content Type Sort descending | Technology | Stressor | Receptor |
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Wind Energy Essentials: Societal, Economic, and Environmental Impacts | Walker, R.; Swift, A. | Book | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Land-Based Wind | Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions | ||
Renewable Energy and the Public: from NIMBY to Participation | Devine-Wright, P. | Book | Wind Energy, Wave, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy, Land-Based Wind | Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions | ||
Wind Energy: A Reference Handbook | Newton, D. | Book | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions | ||
Greening the Wind: Environmental and Social Considerations for Wind Power Development | Ledec, G.; Rapp, K.; Aiello, R. | Book | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions, Ecosystem Processes, Birds, Bats | ||
Wind energy and its link to sustainability in developing countries | Kabir, M.; Sree, N.; Khatod, K.; et al. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, Noise | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Visual Impacts | |
Impacts of Wind-Energy Development on Humans | National Research Council of the National Academies (NRC) | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | ||
Economic Impacts and Benefits of Wind Energy Projects and Other Sources of Electric Generation | Walker, R.; Swift, A. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Land-Based Wind | Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions | ||
Impact of Wind Energy on the Electric Grid | Walker, R.; Swift, A. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions | ||
Wind Energy's Impact on Aviation, Radar, and Telecommunications | Walker, R.; Swift, A. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Land-Based Wind | EMF | Navigation, Human Dimensions | |
Other Environmental Issues of Wind Energy Development: Aesthetics, Cultural Resources, Land Use Compatibility, Water Resources, and Site Restoration | Walker, R.; Swift, A. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Land-Based Wind | Visual Impacts, Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions | ||
The Influence of Policy Risk on Swiss Wind Power Investment | Broughel, A.; Wüstenhagen, R. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Birds, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy | ||
Environmental and Ecological Impacts of Wind Energy on Humans: Public Health Issues | Walker, R.; Swift, A. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | EMF, Lighting, Noise | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | |
Wind Turbines and Landscape | van Grieken, M.; Dower, B. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Visual Impacts, Human Dimensions | ||
Using Stakeholder Input to Develop a Comparative Risk Assessment for Wildlife from the Life Cycles of Six Electrical Generation Fuels | Zillioux, E.; Newman, J.; Lampman, G.; et al. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change, Collision | Stakeholder Engagement, Life Cycle Assessment, Human Dimensions, Birds, Bats | |
Altamont: Public Perceptions of a Wind Energy Landscape | Thayer, R.; Freeman, C. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts | ||
Joint Fact Finding and Stakeholder Consensus Building at the Altamont Wind Resource Area in California | Bartlett, G. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions, Birds | |
Key Learnings from Ten Years of Monitoring and Management Interventions at the Bluff Point and Studland Bay Wind Farms: Results of a Review | Sims, C.; Hull, C.; Stark, E.; et al. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
Wind power: A sustainable way to limit climate change | Nikitas, G.; Bhattacharya, S.; Vimalan, N.; et al. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Climate Change | ||
Wind Energy Scenarios for the Simulation of the German Power System Until 2050: The Effect of Social and Ecological Factors | Christ, M.; Soethe, M.; Degel, M.; et al. | Book Chapter | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | ||
Land-Use Conflicts in the Sudetes, Poland | Furmankiewicz, M.; Potocki, J.; Kazak, J. | Conference Paper | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | ||
Multi-Platform Concepts for Combining Offshore Wind Energy and Fish Farming in Freezing Sea Areas: Case Study in the Gulf of Bothnia | Mikkola, E.; Heinonen, J.; Kankainen, M.; et al. | Conference Paper | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Fisheries | ||
Visual Impact Assessment: There's More to it than Meets the Eye! | Robotham, A.; Quilleash, P.; Hempstead, H. | Conference Paper | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Human Dimensions, Visual Impacts | |
The environmental impact of wind turbine blade | Liu, P.; Barlow, C. | Conference Paper | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
A proposed metric for assessing the potential of community annoyance from wind turbine low-frequency noise emissions | Kelley, N. | Conference Paper | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | |
Wind Energy End-of-Service Guide | Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); Oteri, F.; Tinnesand, H.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions | ||
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Land-Based Wind Energy Guidelines | US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Terrestrial Mammals, Human Dimensions | |
Environmental Impact of Solar and Wind energy- A Review | Hamed, T.; Alshare, A. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Collision, Habitat Change, Noise | Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | |
See me, Feel me, Touch me, Heal me: Wind turbines, culture, landscapes, and sound impressions | Firestone, J.; Bates, A.; Knapp, L. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts | ||
Impact on the perceived landscape quality through renewable energy infrastructure. A discrete choice experiment in the context of the Swiss energy transition | Salak, B.; Kienast, F.; Olschewski, R.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts | ||
Life cycle assessment of a wind farm in Turkey | Ozsahin, B.; Elginoz, N.; Babuna, F. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
Selected Environmental Impact Indicators Assessment of Wind Energy in India Using a Life Cycle Assessment | Verma, S.; Paul, A.; Haque, N. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
Visual evaluations of wind turbines: Judgments of scenic beauty or of moral desirability? | Kirchhoff, T.; Ramisch, K.; Feucht, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts | ||
Flight characteristics forecast entry by eagles into rotor-swept zones of wind turbines | Rolek, B.; Braham, M.; Miller, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds, Raptors, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | |
Wind Farms and Power Lines Have Negative Effects on Territory Occupancy in Eurasian Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo) | Husby, M.; Pearson, M. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Avoidance, Collision, Noise | Birds, Raptors, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | |
Timing and Weather Offer Alternative Mitigation Strategies for Lowering Bat Mortality at Wind Energy Facilities in Ontario | Squires, K.; Thurber, B.; Zimmerling, J.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats, Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement | |
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 | |
Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States | O’Shaughnessy, E.; Wiser, R.; Hoen, B.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Justice, Social & Economic Data | ||
National-scale impacts on wind energy production under curtailment scenarios to reduce bat fatalities | Maclaurin, G.; Hein, C.; Williams, T.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Displacement | Bats, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | |
Human–Wildlife Conflicts across Landscapes—General Applicability vs. Case Specificity | Göttert, T.; Starik, N. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats, Human Dimensions | |
Life cycle assessment of the use of decommissioned wind blades in second life applications | Nagle, A.; Mullally, G.; Leahy, P.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment | ||
Do demand-based obstruction lights on wind turbines increase community annoyance? Evidence from a Danish case | Aaen, S.; Lyhne, I.; Rudolph, D.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Lighting | Human Dimensions, Navigation, Social & Economic Data | |
EU Species Protection Law and Wind Energy: Current Challenges and Danish Experiences | Anker, H.; Olsen, B. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change | Birds, Human Dimensions, Climate Change | |
Understanding subjective and situational factors of wind turbine noise annoyance | Müller, F.; Leschinger, V.; Hübner, G.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Noise | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | |
A techno-economic and socio-environmental planning of wind farms for sustainable development and transition to a decarbonized scenario: Pakistan as a case study | Shah, M.; Khanum, S.; Waqas, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data | ||
Wealth of Wind and Visitors: Tourist Industry Attitudes towards Wind Energy Development in Iceland | Sæþórsdóttir, A.; Wendt, M.; Tverijonaite, E.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions, Recreation & Tourism, Visual Impacts | ||
Heterogeneous warming impacts of desert wind farms on land surface temperature and their potential drivers in Northern China | Liu, N.; Zhao, X.; Zhang, X.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment | ||
Reconciling climate action with the need for biodiversity protection, restoration and rehabilitation | Gorman, C.; Torsney, A.; Gaughran, A.; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Climate Change, Legal & Policy | |
Wind Farms Waste: Non-Calculated Environmental Impact? | Martínez-Mendoza, E.; Fernández-Echeverría, E.; García-Santamaría, L. ; et al. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Habitat Change | Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | |
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 | |
Environmental impacts of decommissioning: Onshore versus offshore wind farms | Hall, R.; João, E.; Knapp, C. | Journal Article | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment |
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