This site-wide search returns results for all documents, events, metadata, and stories in Tethys, prioritizing the best matches. Partial word matches are returned (e.g. "environment" finds "environmental"), but every entered term must be found. If you don't find any results, try reducing the number of words entered or removing special characters. Filters to the right can help narrow your search. Tethys now features an integrated search with other marine renewable energy databases in PRIMRE - click the buttons below "Showing Results for" to search other integrated databases.
Showing Results for
- Report:
Marine Scotland Science
The proposal is for the installation, operation and decommissioning of five 2 bladed 100 kW tidal turbines. The proposed devices are bottom mounted, gravity anchored, non-yawing horizontal axis tidal turbines comprising of a cylindrical nacelle unit, rotor and gravity base to secure it to the sea bed (no seabed drilling or additional site works are required). The negatively buoyant nacelle is…
- Book Chapter:
Davies and Pratt
… approach being taken to the establishment of the offshore wind, wave and tidal sectors in Scotland is outlined. The strategic planning framework and processes leading to the development … opportunities for one sector in Scottish waters. This is a chapter from Humanity and the Sea: Marine Renewable Energy Technology and Environmental Interactions . … 2014-01-01 …
- Report:
Sangiuliano
… As coastal communities continue to increase in geographical size and population, associated marine economies will have to expand in unison. This relationship gives rise to an increase in user – user and user – environment conflicts, as users of the marine environment proliferate in size, number, and intensity. Such conflicts demand the … in the global energy transition away from a carbon-based economy. These drivers have triggered Scotland to construct and implement the world’s first sectoral marine plan for tidal energy …
- Report:
Marine Scotland Science
… economic value which could also be affected, either directly or by impacts on population size. Marine Scotland Science (MSS), which is part of the Scottish Government, regularly provides scientific advice to …
- Report:
Marine Scotland Science
Appropriate site selection and design, good construction techniques and implementation of appropriate site specific mitigation measures are the primary means of avoiding and/or minimising impacts on the freshwater environment from wind farm developments. In addition, integrated monitoring programmes that include water quality, macroinvertebrate and fish population assessments can also provide…
- Report:
Sangiuliano
… Marine spatial planning (MSP) is an emerging field of management aimed at promoting the sustainable use of the marine environment. In order to further the progression of MSP, a European Union funded Project …
- Report:
Marine Scotland Science
… expressed by policy makers, regulators and environmental stakeholders about deployment of marine energy devices in open waters relates to the possibility of negative impacts they may have … EMEC Monitoring Advisory Group (MAG), whose membership includes representatives from Marine Scotland Science, Marine Scotland Licencing Operations Team, Marine Scotland Compliance, Scottish Natural …
- Report:
River Dee Trust and Marine Scotland Science
… This document forms the 2018 interim report for the North Ease Scotland Salmon and Sea Trout Tracking Array and is provided to give an overview of the project … vectors of smolts. The use of the hydrodynamic Scottish Shelf Model (SSM), developed by Marine Scotland Science, will therefore provide a view of smolt dispersion around NE Scotland. The predictive …
- Report:
Humphries et al.
… Shetland Tidal Array within Bluemull Sound, Shetland. The assessment has been undertaken by Marine Scotland - Licensing Operations Team (“MS-LOT”). This assessment is required under Regulation 48 …
- Report:
Holland
This document contains the Appropriate Assessment for Tidal Generation Limited at the Fall of Warness EMEC test site.
- Report:
Butler et al.
… that can be attributed to different breeding colonies. This research is part of the Scottish Marine Energy Research Programme (ScotMER). … 2020-07-27 …
- Report:
Sinclair et al.
… by SMRU Consulting establishes the most up-to-date information on five key species of UK marine mammal (harbour porpoise, bottlenose dolphin, minke whale, harbour seal and grey seal) for …
- Report:
Daunt et al.
… impacts of offshore renewables on seabirds are assessed. This research is part of the Scottish Marine Energy Research Programme (ScotMER). … 2020-07-27 …
- Report:
Hague et al.
… to make a significant contribution to the Scottish Government’s target to generate 50% of Scotland's overall energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030 and to have decarbonised the … ScotWind launched on 10 June 2020. To inform the spatial development of this leasing round, Marine Scotland, as Planning Authority for Scotland’s Seas, is currently developing the Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind (SMP). This plan will identify sustainable options for future …
- Report:
Searle et al.
… is a common approach in Environmental Impact Assessments to forecast potential impacts of marine renewables on protected populations such as seabird species. There are several methods of … impacts and reducing uncertainty in assessments. This research is part of the Scottish Marine Energy Research Programme (ScotMER). … 2020-07-27 …
- Conference Paper:
Davies and Band
… manage collision risk in this way adds a new dimension to the expressions of risk available to marine planners, and could lead to new formulations of development strategies. … 2012-09-21 …
- Journal Article:
Davies et al.
… Government targets for renewable energy developments are ambitious. The creation of new marine industries requires a structured approach that links marine spatial planning with Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainability Appraisal. Marine Scotland Science has worked with The Crown Estate spatial decision support tool MaRS to plan for wave, …
- Journal Article: Godfrey et al.
Depth use and migratory behaviour of homing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Scottish coastal waters
… required to inform decisions on managing the species, e.g. for the sustainable development of marine renewable energy. In May–June 2013, pop-up satellite tags programmed to detach from fish after 1–10 d were fitted to 50 adult salmon on the northern coast of Scotland. Most of the tags returned water depth recorded at regular intervals (n ¼ 47) and gave a … - Report:
Marine Scotland Science
… devolution, the Scottish Parliament can legislate in relation to activities affecting the marine environment in Scotland’s inshore waters, except for reserved matters. The UK Parliament legislates for … Scotland’s offshore waters, but certain matters in this area have been executively devolved. Marine planning matters in Scotland’s inshore waters are governed by the Marine (Scotland) Act …
- Report:
McGregor et al.
Collision Risk Models (CRM) are used to assess impacts on seabird populations in all offshore wind farms Environmental Impact Assessments (‘EIA‘) and Habitats Regulations Appraisals (‘HRA‘) in the UK. Existing models are unable to properly incorporate uncertainty in the input parameters into calculations of uncertainty in the collision prediction and consequently are not expressed in the…
Displaying 21 - 40 of 153