Creating a Monitoring Plan for Offshore Wind Development

Marine biodiversity monitoring facilitates developers, investors, and contractors to understand the societal and environmental risks associated with offshore wind. Baseline data must first be collected to identify the potential impacts on the marine environment after planning. This checklist introduces four principles and five key steps necessary to perform marine environmental and social planning.

The table below contains the literature relevant to this summary document and will continue to be updated as new literature is added to Tethys.

Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Powering a Nature-Positive Future A Renewable Energy Roadmap Sarkar, M., Allinson, T., Asante-Owusu, R., Liu, Q. Guidance Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Maritime Spatial Planning Discussion paper on leveraging Maritime Spatial Planning for Nature-Positive offshore wind development le Bihan, M., Rusan, A. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Monitoring Biodiversity at Sea: Discussion paper on advancing standardised biodiversity monitoring for Nature-Positive offshore wind development Stephenson, P. Guidance Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
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