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- Research Study:
Greaves
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub is a £9 Million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded programme which brings together academia, industry, policy makers and the general public to support and accelerate the development of offshore wind, wave and tidal technology for the benefit of society. The Hub is led by Professor Deborah Greaves OBE, Head…
- Summary:
OES-Environmental
The collision risk evidence base consists of key research studies and reports that define what we understand about the risk of collision with tidal turbines for marine mammals, fish, and diving seabirds. Additional information on collision risk can be found in the 2020 State of the Science (Chapter 3…
- Report:
Fu et al.
The installation of marine energy systems may affect marine environments, and by extension, marine fish communities. Therefore, biomonitoring is an integral part of assessing impacts on species. Environmental DNA (eDNA) provides a noninvasive alternative to conventional monitoring surveys and the possibility of a more accurate assessment of species richness. Yet, its cost efficiency compared…
- Journal Article:
de Paula Kirinus et al.
As marine renewable resources begin to become a feasible energy source, it becomes crucial to investigate the nearshore impact of hydrodynamic and morphodynamic processes. As part of the implementation of turbines in the numerical modeling environment of Telemac-3D and Sisyphe modules, we conducted a 10-year run to evaluate nearshore impacts of turbines in the flow. We used five criteria to…
- Journal Article:
Buenau et al.
Understanding the environmental effects of marine energy (ME) devices is fundamental for their sustainable development and efficient regulation. However, measuring effects is difficult given the limited number of operational devices currently deployed. Numerical modeling is a powerful tool for estimating environmental effects and quantifying risks. It is most effective when informed by…
- Journal Article:
Hernández-Fontes et al.
The Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico offer a variety of marine energy sources for exploitation. Although the Mexican government has made important efforts to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, national participation in clean energies is still limited in terms of electricity production. This paper presents a practical theoretical assessment of marine energy sources around Mexico, with…
- Journal Article:
Martinez et al.
Renewable ocean energy is an alternative that will help reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere. However, there is uncertainty about potential environmental impacts of the technologies involved, because these are new and untested, and methods for the evaluation and monitoring of environmental impacts are scarce. We performed a systematic literature review (well-structured and organized,…
- Journal Article:
Finkl and Charlier
Ocean currents contain a remarkable amount of kinetic energy and have potential worldwide capability. Initial tests to harness current power focus on the Straits of Florida where the Florida Current has a total flow capacity of about 30 × 106 m3 s−1. Generation of clean electricity from ocean currents off southeast Florida is based on a power extractor…
- Report:
Oman
Conventional sources of energy, such as fossil fuels, produce carbon emissions and are depleting as global demand increases. Marine renewable energy (MRE) offers a cleaner way of generating electricity by using waves, tides, currents, and salinity or thermal gradient resources. Although tropical and subtropical regions have a great potential for some of these MRE resources, industry progress…
- Thesis:
Cotter
Marine renewable energy has the potential to provide clean, reliable power to coastal communities and offshore facilities. However, the effects that marine energy development might have on the environment are not yet well understood. One environmental risk of particular concern is that of collision between an animal and a marine energy converter, but conducting the requisite environmental…
- Conference Paper:
Bregman et al.
The oceans occupy nearly three-quarters of the Earth's surface and represent an enormous source of renewable energy. While many of the world's industrialized nations have conducted exploratory research and development, the total power currently available from ocean energy systems, with the exception of the French tidal power plant, is less than one hundred megawatts (MW). An increasing number…
- Report:
Hanson et al.
THE FLORIDA CURRENT—the reach of the Gulf Stream System in the Straits of Florida—offers the potential for renewable base-load power for the energy-hungry southeast Florida metropolitan area, the seventh largest in the U.S. Realization of this potential requires, among other things, a better understanding of both the structure and variations of the …
- Journal Article:
Thennakoon et al.
Ocean energy has emerged as a highly promising and environmentally sustainable means of generating renewable electricity, owing to its vast untapped potential. This study focuses on an array of ocean energy technologies, which include tidal energy, wave energy, OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion), salinity gradient energy, and ocean current energy. It examines various power generation…
- Project Site:
Unlike other parts of the world, Mexico has low ocean current speeds (~1 m/s). The Cozumel Channel is an example of a site where such turbines could be installed since average current speeds of the Yucatán Current yearlong are situated in the range of 0.88-1.04 m/s. In order to take advantage of the existing conditions at Cozumel, the development of a hydrokinetic turbine became the focus of…
- Project Site:
Initial tests involved short-term deployments of the device on its moorings followed by disconnection and towing back to harbor for inspection. The testing program was undertaken in incremental stages, culminating in a three-month period of continuous grid-connected operation at the end of 2012. In exporting power to the UK grid, the SR250 became the world’s first floating…
- Conference Paper:
Halfa et al.
As new sources of anthropogenic noise, arrays of current- and wave-energy converters (CECs and WECs, respectively) will add to other man-made and natural sources in the marine environment. Regulatory constraints and environmental concerns over the sound pressure levels produced by these devices may be a hurdle to their deployment and operation. The Marine Mammal Protection Act in the USA, for…
- Event:
San Diego, California, USA 2019
- Report:
Bowers et al.
Hydrokinetic Energy Projects” (hereafter labeled “hydrokinetics”) refers to a class of devices that generate electricity from waves, tides, and ocean or river currents. Interest in these technologies has grown in recent years; at the end of 2010, there were more than 160 projects on file at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the primary federal agency with jurisdiction over…
- Conference Paper:
Hariss et al.
Morocco has an exceptional maritime potential especially on its two 500-km Mediterranean and 300-km Atlantic coastlines. The assessment of this potential for marine currents, wind and temperature is largely necessary for the various activities related to the coastline: fishing, exploitation of aggregates, tourism, transport services, desalination and marine renewable energies.…
- Journal Article:
Yang et al.
Ocean currents represent an alternative source of clean energy given their inherent reliability, persistence and sustainability. The general ocean circulation is characterized by large rotating ocean gyres resulting in rapid ocean currents along the western boundaries because of the Coriolis Effect. The Gulf Stream system is formed by the western boundary current of the North Atlantic Ocean…
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