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- Presentation:
Copping
This presentation mainly focuses on the importance of environmental effects for accelerating marine energy development. It provides information regarding the drivers of marine energy development, a concept in sharing information and analyses internationally, Metadata forms, workshops, and moving forward.
- Presentation:
Copping
An overview of the United States' Powering the Blue Economy (PBE) initiative. Specifically, how marine renewable energy's history and feasibility has influenced this new funding direction for the Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office. Marine energy has a unique opportunity to power other maritime industries as well as provide resilience for remote coastal communities. One…
- Presentation:
Copping
… This presentation, presented by Andrea Copping, discusses the Annex IV process in depth. Firstly, the Annex IV is a searchable database …
- Conference Paper:
Copping
Early deployments of wave and tidal energy projects are providing information on environmental effects of the devices, moorings, and power cables; these data will help inform later deployments and guide regulatory decisions as the industry moves towards the commercial scale. However, there is still considerable uncertainty about many potential interactions of devices and systems with the…
- Presentation:
Battey and Copping
This presentation is an explanation of the Ocean Energy Systems Implementing Agreement. This agreement is a framework that exists under the International Energy Agency. However, the IEA is not directly involved, but they do provide the foundation to facilitate international cooperation. The agreement was introduced in 2001 by 3 countries and has now grown to 18. The mission is to, by 2020,…
- Conference Paper:
Copping and Kramer
With only a few wave and tidal devices in the water and no long-term post-installation data sets available, there continue to be uncertainties around risks to marine animals and habitats from the deployment and operation of marine renewable energy (MRE) systems [1], [2]. Based on these uncertainties and lack of familiarity with MRE devices, regulators and stakeholders continue to perceive a…
- Conference Paper:
Copping and Farr
This research examined the feasibility of developing small-scale OTEC (3-10 MW) in U.S. waters through case studies in four locations (i.e., Hawaii, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and Guam). In addition to talking to local leaders and experts in OTEC development and processes, we examined the likely environmental effects that will drive permitting (consenting) and licensing processes in the U.S. and…
- Conference Paper:
Lee et al.
The deployment and operation of a floating and/or submerged tidal technology in the United States coastal water require characterizing tidal stream resource potential and assessing environmental conditions and satisfying all environmental permitting requirements. The waters of Cook Inlet, Alaska have some of the strongest and most consistent tidal currents in the U.S. This project seeks to…
- Presentation:
Copping et al.
Surface-placed wave energy converters, floating tidal turbines, and floating offshore wind platforms all require anchoring to the seabed with multiple mooring lines and electrical cables passing through the water column, from near the sea surface to the sea floor. Concerns have been raised that large whales may collide with and/or become entangled in lines and cables from renewable energy…
- Conference Paper:
Carlson et al.
The deployment of tidal turbines in coastal waters raises questions about the potential risk to marine animals from strike by rotating blades. Of particular concern are marine mammals that are already facing threats from other human activities as well as climate change. Regulators in the US who are charged with permitting the installation of tidal turbines have sought additional information to…
- Presentation:
Copping et al.
The marine environment has the capacity to provide large amounts of clean, renewable energy through its waves and tides. As marine renewable energy (MRE) devices are being tested, concerns regarding the potential effects of MRE devices on marine organisms, habitats, and ecosystem processes continue to slow permitting. To address these concerns, and further advance the industry, an…
- Conference Paper:
Copping et al.
Concerns about the potential effects of marine renewable energy (MRE) devices on marine animals, habitats, and the environment continue to slow siting and consenting of devices worldwide. Such concerns are often fueled by scientific uncertainty around these environmental interactions, which leads to heightened perceptions of risk. By increasing our understanding of these risks, the MRE…
- Conference Paper:
Yang et al.
This paper presents an application of a hydrodynamic model to simulate tidal energy extraction in a tidal dominated estuary in the Pacific Northwest coast. A series of numerical experiments were carried out to simulate tidal energy extraction with different turbine array configurations, including location, spacing and array size. Preliminary model results suggest that array optimization for…
- Conference Paper:
Copping et al.
Potential environmental effects from tidal and wave devices are of concern to regulators, advisors, and other stakeholders in many nations. Monitoring results from early deployments and the first commercial arrays, coupled with targeted research studies, are providing a growing base of knowledge of how components of tidal turbines and wave energy …
- Conference Paper:
Copping et al.
Developing a sustainable marine energy industry requires that devices be efficient, robust, and not harmful to biological and physical resources within the marine environment. In every nation exploring marine energy development, laws and regulations protect the marine environment and its resources as society strives to create a sustainable renewable energy source from the sea. A team of…
- Presentation:
Copping et al.
The PRIMRE team (Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy) from the US national laboratories will present background on the PRIMRE system with a focus on the value and feasibility of sharing data and information internationally. As research and development activities in marine renewable energy begin to become widespread…
- Presentation:
Freeman et al.
This poster presentation covered the uncertainty about effects of marine renewable energy (MRE) and how this continues to slow consenting/permitting processes. Another argument presented was that sharing the considerable body of information on MRE environmental effects can facilitate decision-making and regulatory processes. Ocean Energy Systems (OES)-Environmental, an international initiative…
- Conference Paper:
Copping et al.
The production of electricity from the moving waters of the ocean has the potential to be a viable addition to the portfolio of renewable energy sources worldwide. The marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) industry faces many hurdles, including technology development, challenges of offshore deployments, and financing; however, the barrier most commonly identified by industry, regulators, and…
- Conference Paper:
Harker-Klimes et al.
This paper discusses the stages involved in understanding environmental impacts associated with marine energy generation devices, and describes an approach for assessing these impacts. It focusses on establishing monitoring tools and techniques for the pathways between stressors and receptors that can be transferred between locations. This highlights the difficulties in monitoring certain…
- Presentation:
Freeman et al.
Currently, the marine renewable energy (MRE) industry is struggling with high costs of baseline environmental assessments and post-installation monitoring, as well as long timelines for obtaining permits, leading to uncertainty and risk for financing projects. One solution to overcome such barriers and help advance the MRE industry could be the ability to transfer learning, analyses, and…
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