Offshore Wind Energy and Whales: TBC Industry Briefing Note

@techreport{The-Biodiversity-Consultancy-2025-,
author = {The Biodiversity Consultancy},
title = {Offshore Wind Energy and Whales: TBC Industry Briefing Note},
institution = {The Biodiversity Consultancy},
year = {2025},
month = {may},
url = {https://www.thebiodiversityconsultancy.com/insights/offshore-wind-energy-and-whales/},
keywords = {Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind, Entanglement, Noise, Vessel Strike, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans},
}

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TY - RPRT
TI - Offshore Wind Energy and Whales: TBC Industry Briefing Note
AU - The Biodiversity Consultancy
AB - This briefing note outlines the most likely causes for the recent observed increase in whale deaths and discusses potential benefits to whales from offshore wind farms. It examines and analyses the available evidence for the three main categories of potential impact to whales from offshore wind energy: underwater noise (including auditory injury and displacement), vessel collisions and entanglement.
DA - 2025/05//
PY - 2025
SP - 11
PB - The Biodiversity Consultancy
UR - https://www.thebiodiversityconsultancy.com/insights/offshore-wind-energy-and-whales/
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Floating Offshore Wind
KW - Entanglement
KW - Noise
KW - Vessel Strike
KW - Marine Mammals
KW - Cetaceans
ER -

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Abstract

This briefing note outlines the most likely causes for the recent observed increase in whale deaths and discusses potential benefits to whales from offshore wind farms. It examines and analyses the available evidence for the three main categories of potential impact to whales from offshore wind energy: underwater noise (including auditory injury and displacement), vessel collisions and entanglement.