TY - CONF
TI - Moving from scientific research to consenting guidance for MRE environmental risk 
AU - Copping, A
AU - Rose, D
AU - Freeman, M
T2 - 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC 2021)
AB - 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  converters  might  interact  with marine  animals  and  habitats.  Efforts  are  underway  to organize  and  direct  these  findings  towards  facilitating consenting  that  allays  concerns  and  allows  the  marine renewable  energy  (MRE)  industry  to  move  forward.  The OES-Environmental  international  initiative  has  developed scientific  evidence  bases  for  several  key  interactions  from MRE  devices,  organized around  stressors (portions  of  MRE systems  that  may  cause  injury  or  stress  to  the  marine ecosystem),  and  receptors  (the  animals,  habitats,  and ecosystem  processes  that  may  be  affected).  This  paper summarizes  the  evidence  bases  for  four  stressors (underwater  noise,  electromagnetic  fields,  habitat  change, and  changes  in  oceanographic  systems)  and  presents  the process  of  moving  from  the  scientific  knowledge  into guidance  documents  to  support  the  regulatory process.  The guidance  documents will serve  as  a  broad  guide  that  can  be used internationally to look  at  stressor-receptor interactions of  interest  within  a  regulatory  context.  The  evidence  bases and  guidance  documents  aim  to  assist  MRE  developers, regulators,  and  advisors  with  project  scoping,  consenting, and  licensing  processes.   
DA - 2021/09//
PY - 2021
PB - 14th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Tidal
KW - Wave
KW - Changes in Flow
KW - EMF
KW - Habitat Change
KW - Noise
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Environmental Impact Assessment
KW - Legal & Policy
KW - Social & Economic Data
KW - Stakeholder Engagement
ER -