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Human Dimensions

Coastal community
Potential impacts on local communities, societies, and economies.

The development of wind energy and marine renewable energy projects will likely affect human activities both socially and economically. Evaluation of human perspectives, needs, and rights is necessary to ensure that the benefits of the project outweigh the cost to local communities, society, and the economy in addition to the natural environment. Common stakeholder concerns include loss of property value or annoyance due to visual impacts; changes access to fisheries or recreation; and loss of economic opportunity or livelihood. Conversely, potential benefits of the development of wind energy and marine renewable energy projects include the creation of new jobs, increased tourism, and reduced emissions of greenhouse gases.

Included in Human Dimensions are the following considerations: Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Life Cycle Assessment, Marine Spatial Planning, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement, and Visual Impacts.

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 Human Dimensions.

Total: 4171

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Marine Renewable Energy and Economic Sustainability: Policy Frameworks for Scaling Offshore Wind and Tidal Power Garba, M. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
Nature-Positive Energy Principles Environmental Siting and Permitting of Solar, Wind and Grid Infrastructure IRENA Coalition for Action Report Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Integration of Environmental Impact Metrics into Wind Farm Design, Analysis and Optimization Pal, R. Thesis Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
The Effect of Offshore Wind Farms on Upper Ocean Variability and Marine Ecosystems Eliassen, F. Thesis Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
OES-Environmental & Tethys: Helping the Marine Energy Community Understand Environmental Effects Garavelli, L., Farr, H., Freeman, M. Presentation Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Addressing Place-Based Environmental Questions to Enable Marine Energy Deployments Hemery, L., Copping, A., Jones, K. Presentation Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Entanglement, Habitat Change Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Linkages between environmental, social, and economic effects of marine renewable energy McGrath, J., Freeman, M., Rose, D. Presentation Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Evaluation of Rehabilitated Sea Turtle Space-Use to Inform Marine Energy Planning Ganter, J., Dubbs, L. Presentation Marine Energy Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
A Responsive Research Agenda to Inform Community Decision Making in Wave Energy Trueworthy, A. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
An Environmental Risk Register: Identifying & Documenting Environmental Concerns During Marine Energy Device Design & Development Haxel, J., Freeman, M., Farr, H. Presentation Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Techno-Economic and Policy Analysis of Ocean Current Energy for Hydrogen Storage and Grid Resiliency in Florida Zarif, M., Tang, Y., VanZwieten, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Ocean Current Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
Offshore Wind R&D Priorities Roadmap Nova Scotia Offshore Wind R&D Program Net Zero Atlantic, Nova Scotia Department of Energy Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
An ecosystem modelling approach to assess potential impacts of offshore wind farms Huang, Y., Girardin, R., Oliveros-Ramos, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Fish, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Green energy's sweet surprise: unraveling the hidden links between wind farms and honey production Yıldız, M., Bilgic, A., Demir, N. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Invertebrates, Human Dimensions
Comparison of life-cycle environmental impacts of onshore and offshore wind farms during the southward movement of wind power development in China Pei, W., Zhou, J., Du, Y. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions
A case study on the feasibility and optimization of wind farm deployment in India Agarwal, L., Manisha, Arya, Y. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Noise Human Dimensions, Visual Impacts
Building a Diverse Marine Energy Workforce Pipeline Cardinal, A., Stratton, B., Daw, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Developing onshore wind farms in Aotearoa New Zealand: carbon and energy footprints Pincelli, I., Hinkley, J., Brent, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Life cycle assessment of concrete with wind turbine blade waste: A real case study Manso-Morato, J., Hurtado-Alonso, N., Skaf, M. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Monitoring Offshore Windfarm Impacts on the Commercial Fishing Industry Good Practice Guidance Xodus Group Guidance Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Navigation, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
A UK Science Requirements Framework for Future Marine Research Infrastructure Hill, K., Moore, M., Rogers, A.D. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Impacts to stock abundance indices due to offshore wind development-driven changes to fishery-independent survey effort Miller, A. Thesis Wind Energy Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Gender-based ocean uses and values: Implications for marine spatial planning Meyer, A., Scherer, M., Balderamos, J. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Social & Economic Data
Nova Scotia Offshore Wind: Wind and Ground Conditions Desktop Study King, T., Pisano, F., Halder, S. Report Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Sea Space Analysis for Wave and Tidal Energy Lee, S., Strong, V., Anning, D. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Water Quality, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement, Visual Impacts
Benefits and impacts of offshore wind farms on benthic marine biodiversity in a life cycle assessment context Stranddorf, L., Verones, F., Olsen, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change Invertebrates, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Life cycle assessment of New Jersey offshore wind Smith, M., Shoaib, N., Lal, P. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Mini TechSurge Report: Advancing Collaboration and Inspiring Innovation for Offshore Wind Monitoring and Mitigation Bladow, C. Workshop Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Balancing act: the cost of wind restrictions in Norway's electricity transition Roithner, M., Velasco-Herrejón, P., van Greevenbroek, K. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
Modeling consequences of spatial closures for offshore energy: Loss of fishing grounds and fishery-independent data Campbell, M., Samhouri, J., White, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change Fish, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning
A wind farm siting framework that integrates vegetation carbon sequestration objectives: A case study in Inner Mongolia, China Su, N., Li, X., Lyu, X. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions
Marine Renewable Energy and Its Role in Sustainable Blue Economy Gulbinskas, S. Book Chapter Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Integrating Biodiversity Impacts into Life Cycle Assessment: Applied to a case study of onshore wind power production Demyanenko, S. Thesis Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Birds, Terrestrial Mammals, Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Strategic Compensation Studies: Overview of Red-throated Diver Compensation Measures and Opportunities for Improving Ecological Outcomes Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Displacement, Habitat Change Birds, Seabirds, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Navigation
Economic Viability and Environmental Assessment of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies: A Comparative Framework for Tidal Stream Energy and Offshore Wind Power in the United States Bajaj, A. Journal Article Tidal, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Birds, Passerines, Fish, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Navigation, Social & Economic Data
Environmental Monitoring & Faster Consenting for Offshore Wind Quinn, T., Rees, M., Whalley, C. Podcast Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy
Financing marine restoration through offshore wind investments van Sluis, C., van Onselen, E., Airoldi, L. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Identifying convergences and divergences of social and technical considerations for the development of marine energy policy Wade, E., D'Anna, L. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Nature-Based Solutions for Ports: An Overview of NBS Implementation in Practice - Opportunities and Challenges Dankers, P., de Boer, G., Horstman, M. Report Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
A marine energy and ecosystem service framework for coastal communities Buenau, K., Sather, N., Arkema, K. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions

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