Marine Energy

The generation of renewable energy from tides, waves, currents, salinity, and temperature gradients in the oceans, seas, and rivers.

Marine renewable energy (MRE), also known as ocean energy or marine and hydrokinetic energy (MHK), refers to the various ways to generate electricity from the world’s oceans, seas, and rivers. Movement of water occurs naturally in these bodies of water in the form of waves, tides, and currents. Although many are in early stages of research and development, there is a wide variety of MRE technologies capable of generating electricity from the movement of water, as well as from differences in water temperature and salinity.

The relevant technologies can be classified into the following categories:

The environmental concerns associated with MRE technologies vary substantially based on the technology type, device design, and location. The primary environmental concerns typically encompass animal collisions with dynamic devices, impacts from underwater noise, and concerns about changes to the physical environment.

Please note: Tethys classifies offshore wind energy separately from MRE.

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Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with Marine Energy.

Total: 3512

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Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Do Changes in Current Flow as a Result of Arrays of Tidal Turbines Have an Effect on Benthic Communities? Kregting, L., Elsaesser, B., Kennedy, R. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Invertebrates
A Quality Management Review of Scotland's Sectoral Marine Plan for Tidal Energy Sangiuliano, S. Report Tidal, Marine Energy Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
The Effects of Artificial Structures on Estuarine Infaunal Communities and Offshore Biofouling Communities Mendoza, M. Thesis Marine Energy Habitat Change Invertebrates
Assessing potential spatial and temporal conflicts in Washington's marine waters Freeman, M., Whiting, L., Kelley, R. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Incorporating Data Uncertainty when Estimating Potential Vulnerability of Scottish Seabirds to Marine Renewable Energy Developments Wade, H., Masden, E., Jackson, A. Journal Article Marine Energy Seabirds, Birds
A Coordinated Action Plan for Addressing Collision Risk for Marine Mammals and Tidal Turbines Hutchison, I., Copping, A. Workshop Article Marine Energy, Tidal Avoidance, Collision Marine Mammals
The role of agents for change in the sustainable development of wave energy in the Highlands and Islands region of Scotland Billing, S. Thesis Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Spatial Ecosystem Modelling of Marine Renewable Energy Installations: Gauging the Utility of Ecospace Alexander, K., Meyjes, S., Heymans, J. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Modelling the Propagation of Underwater Acoustic Emissions for Condition Monitoring of Marine Renewable Energy Walsh, J., Bashir, I., Thies, P. Conference Paper Marine Energy Noise
Acoustic Imaging around Marine Renewable Energy Devices - Field Deployments of the FLOWBEC Platform Williamson, B., Bondel, P., Waggitt, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy
Atlantic Sturgeon Spatial and Temporal Distribution in Minas Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada, a Region of Future Tidal Energy Extraction Stokesbury, M., Logan-Chesney, L., McLean, M. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Fish
A review of crustacean sensitivity to high amplitude underwater noise: Data needs for effective risk assessment in relation to UK commercial species Edmonds, N., Firmin, C., Goldsmith, D. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Predictable Hydrodynamic Conditions Explain Temporal Variations in the Density of Benthic Foraging Seabirds in a Tidal Stream Environment Waggitt, J., Cazenave, P., Torres, R. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Birds, Seabirds
Informing a Tidal Turbine Strike Probability Model through Characterization of Fish Behavioral Response using Multibeam Sonar Output Bevelhimer, M., Colby, J., Adonizio, M. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Attraction, Avoidance, Collision Fish
A Review of the Environmental Impacts for Marine and Hydrokinetic Projects to Inform Regulatory Permitting: Summary Findings from the 2015 Workshop on Marine and Hydrokinetic Technologies, Washington, D.C. Baring-Gould, E., Christol, C., LiVecchi, A. Report Marine Energy Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
Consenting Processes for Ocean Energy Updated on Barriers and Recommendations O'Hagan, A. Report Marine Energy Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
Guidance on effective adaptive management and post-consent monitoring strategies Bennet, F., Culloch, R., Tait, A. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Technological field: technological innovation in the UK marine energy technology sector Kampouris, M. Thesis Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Numerical Modelling of Wave Energy Converters: Environmental Impact Assessment Kregting, L., Elsäßer, B. Book Chapter Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow, Chemicals Physical Environment
Estimating the probability of fish encountering a marine hydrokinetic device Shen, H., Zydlewski, G., Viehman, H. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Collision Fish
Combined Optical and Acoustic Monitoring of Fishes in the Demonstration Site of Marine Renewable Energy Development Kitazawa, D., Mizukami, Y. Conference Paper Marine Energy Fish
A French Application Case of Tidal Turbine Certification Paboeuf, S., Macadre, L., Sun, P. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal
Numerical Models as Enabling Tools for Tidal-Stream Energy Extraction and Environmental Impact Assessment Yang, Z., Wang, T. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Fish
Scottish Government Demonstration Strategy: Trialling Methods for Tracking the Fine Scale Underwater Movements of Marine Mammals in Areas of Marine Renewable Energy Development Sparling, C., Gillespie, D., Hastie, G. Report Marine Energy Marine Mammals
Are Wave and Tidal Energy Plants New Green Technologies? Douziech, M., Hellweg, S., Verones, F. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave
Legal feasibility of implementing a risk-based approach to MRE consenting and compatibility with Natura 2000 network Le Lièvre, C., O'Hagan, A., Culloch, R. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Winter presence and temperature-related diel vertical migration of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in an extreme high-flow passage in the inner Bay of Fundy Keyser, F., Broome, J., Bradford, R. Journal Article Marine Energy Changes in Flow Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Fish, Pelagic Fish, Human Dimensions
A Holistic Method for Selecting Tidal Stream Energy Hotspots Under Technical, Economic and Functional Constraints Vazquez, A., Iglesias, G. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Marine Spatial Planning, Human Dimensions
Characterizing Biological Impacts at Marine Renewable Energy Sites Wiesebron, L., Horne, J., Hendrix, N. Journal Article Marine Energy Ecosystem Processes
Environmental Impact Assessment: Gathering Experiences from Wave Energy Test Centres in Europe Greaves, D., Conley, D., Magagna, D. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
A Review on the Technology, Performance, Design Optimization, Reliability, Techno-Economics and Environmental Impacts of Hydrokinetic Energy Conversion Systems Kumar, D., Sarkar, S. Journal Article Marine Energy Collision
Wave energy in Europe: Views on experiences and progress to date O'Hagan, A., Huertas, C., O'Callaghan, J. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Stakeholder Engagement, Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
Deep Green Holyhead Deep Project Phase I (0.5 MW) - Environmental Statement Minesto Report Marine Energy, Tidal Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Tidal range technologies and state of the art in review Waters, S., Aggidis, G. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy
Effects of Renewable Energy Production and Infrastructure on Wildlife Sanchez-Zapata, J., Clavero, M., Carrete, M. Book Chapter Marine Energy Ecosystem Processes
Reconciling Biodiversity Conservation and Widespread Deployment of Renewable Energy Technologies in the UK Gove, B., Williams, L., Beresford, A. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Ocean Energy Systems Annual Report 2015 Ocean Energy Systems (OES) Report Marine Energy Human Dimensions
Potential Environmental Impact of Tidal Energy Extraction in the Pentland Firth at Large Spatial Scales: Results of a Biogeochemical Model van der Molen, J., Ruardij, P., Greenwood, N. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Modeling At-Sea Occurrence and Abundance of Marine Birds to Support Atlantic Marine Renewable Energy Planning: Phase 1 Report Kinlan, B., Winship, A., White, T. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Seabirds, Birds
Assessing collision risk between underwater turbines and marine wildlife Scottish Natural Heritage Report Marine Energy, Tidal Collision
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