German Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW)

The Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW) is the federal authority of the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI). The headquarters of the BAW are in Karlsruhe, another office is located in Hamburg. Their core task is to provide consultancy to the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration on all issues relating to waterways engineering, especially giving expert opinions regarding structures and equipment of the waterways infrastructure.

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Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with German Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW).

Total: 3

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Title	Author	Date	Content Type	Technology	Stressor	Receptor
Scour variability across offshore wind farms (OWFs): identifying site-specific scour drivers as a step towards assessing potential impacts on the marine environment	Garcia, K., Jordan, C., Melling, G.	October 2025	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind	Habitat Change	Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Does galvanic cathodic protection by aluminum anodes impact marine organisms?	Bell, A., von der Au, M., Regnery, J.	December 2020	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind	Chemicals	Fish, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Emissions from corrosion protection systems of offshore wind farms: Evaluation of the potential impact on the marine environment	Kirchgeorg, T., Weinberg, I., Hörnig, M.	November 2018	Journal Article	Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind	Chemicals