OES-Environmental and its partners have developed several online tools to support the international marine renewable energy (MRE) community, including:
- Risk Retirement: Process to determine which interactions of marine energy devices and the marine environment are low risk and may be “retired”, and which may need further data collection or mitigation. This process involves additional tools, including:
- Evidence Bases: Lists of key documents for each stressor that support risk retirement for small numbers of marine energy devices.
- Guidance Documents: Documents that organize and evaluate environmental, social, and economic effects within a general regulatory context.
- Marine Energy Discoverability Matrix: Matrix with links to monitoring datasets from already consented projects.
- Marine Energy Educational Resources: Materials and resources for students of all ages and educational backgrounds.
- Management Measures Tool: Measures to safeguard marine animals and habitats, meant to aid marine energy developers.
- Social and Economic Data Collection Toolkit: Information on marine energy social and economic data and how to collect it, including a guide.