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.

Photo: Simec Atlantis

Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents Related to Marine Energy

Total results: 3366
Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Software Analysis Tools for Wave Sensors Morrison, J., Christie, D., Greenwood, C. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave
LCRI 2015 Overview of LCRI Research 2008 to 2015 Jones, P., Irvine, S., Guwy, A. Report Marine Energy Human Dimensions
The Simulation of Oscillating Wave Surge Converters using a Boussinesq Model: Wave Disturbances around an Array Greenwood, C., Christie, D. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave
Benthic Community Composition on Submerged Reefs in the Central Great Barrier Reef Roberts, T., Moloney, J., Sweatman, H. Journal Article Marine Energy Invertebrates
Mapping the vulnerability of animal community to pressure in marine systems: disentangling pressure types and integrating their impact from the individual to the community level Certain, G., Jorgensen, L.L., Christel, I. Journal Article Marine Energy Seabirds
Effects of submarine power transmission cables on a glass sponge reef and associated megafaunal community Dunham, A., Pegg, J., Carolsfeld, W. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Habitat Change Invertebrates
Evaluating the Renewable Energy Sources in Malaysia Saeed, K. Thesis Marine Energy, Wave, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
The assessment of extactable tidal energy and the effect of tidal energy turbine deployment on the hydrodynamics in Zhoushan Hou, F., Bao, X., Li, B. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Water Quality, Physical Environment
Boosting Blue Growth in a Mild Sea: Analysis of the Synergies Produced by a Multi-Purpose Offshore Installation in the Northern Adriatic, Italy Zanuttigh, B., Angelelli, E., Bellotti, G. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
D7.1: Requirements and Criteria for the Design and Planning of Ocean Energy Farms DTOcean Report Marine Energy
Social structure and abundance of coastal bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Normano-Breton Gulf, English Channel Louis, M., Gally, F., Barbraud, C. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Coastal impact of a hybrid marine farm operating close to the Sardinia Island Onea, F., Rusu, L. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave, Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow
Acoustic emission health monitoring of marine renewables: Illustration with a wave energy converter in Falmouth Bay (UK) Walsh, J., Bashir, I., Thies, P. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Noise
A Regional Ecological Risk Assessment of the Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand, Using a Relative Risk Model Kanwar, P., Bowden, W., Greenhalgh, S. Journal Article Marine Energy Stakeholder Engagement, Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
Sustainable deployment of Marine Current Energy in Indonesia Ramachandran, R., Takagi, K. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Ocean Current Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Evaluating the Potential for Marine and Hydrokinetic Devices to Act as Artificial Reefs or Fish Aggregating Devices, Based on Analysis of Surrogates in Tropical, Subtropical, and Temperate U.S. West Coast and Hawaiian Coastal Waters Kramer, S., Hamilton, C., Spencer, G. Report Marine Energy Habitat Change Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish
Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Regulators Workshop: Lessons from Wind Baring-Gould, I. Presentation Marine Energy, Wind Energy
MHK and Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Gill, A. Presentation Marine Energy EMF
Environmental Effects of Marine Energy Development on Physical Systems Roberts, J., Jones, C. Presentation Marine Energy Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Regulatory Introduction: Roles and Responsibilities within the Permitting Process West, A. Presentation Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
State of Understanding: Risk of Blade Strike from Current Energy Converters Brown-Saracino, J. Presentation Marine Energy Collision Fish, Marine Mammals
Fisheries, Marine Conservation, Marine Renewable Energy and Displacement: A Fresh Approach Campbell, M. Thesis Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Particles as Porpoise - Applying CFD Results to Environmental Interactions Lake, T., Masters, I., Croft, N. Conference Paper Marine Energy Marine Mammals
Tidal energy machines: A comparative life cycle assessment study Walker, S., Howell, R., Hodgson, P. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Life Cycle Assessment, Human Dimensions
Early Research Efforts at the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site Cross, P., Rocheleau, R., Vega, L. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow, EMF, Noise
Challenges to Integrating Active Acoustic Sensors Cotter, E., Williamson, B., Polagye, B. Conference Paper Marine Energy
OCGen Module Mooring Design Marnagh, C., McEntee, J., Donegan, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal
Quantifying Change and Impact Thresholds for Biological Monitoring at Marine Renewable Energy Sites Wiesebron, L., Horne, J., Hendrix, N. Conference Paper Marine Energy
Hydrodynamic Effects of Hydrokinetic Turbine Deployment in an Irrigation Canal Gunawan, B., Roberts, J., Neary, V. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Riverine Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Understanding the Risk to Marine Mammals from Collision with a Tidal Turbine Copping, A., Jepsen, R., Grear, M. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Collision Marine Mammals
Advancing a Key Consenting Risk for Tidal Energy: The Risk of Marine Mammal Collision for In-Stream Tidal Energy Devices Booth, C., Sparling, C., Wood, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Collision Marine Mammals
Estimating the Probability of Fish Encountering a Marine Hydrokinetic Device [Conference Paper] Shen, H., Zydlewski, G., Viehman, H. Conference Paper Marine Energy Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish
Fish Behavioral Response during Hydrokinetic Turbine Encounters Based on Multi-Beam Hydroacoustics Results Bevelhimer, M., Scherelis, C., Colby, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy Avoidance, Collision Fish
Improvements to Probabilistic Tidal Turbine-Fish Interaction Model Parameters Tomichek, C., Colby, J., Adonizio, M. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Avoidance, Collision Fish, Demersal Fish
Understanding our seas: National Institute of Oceanography, Goa Naqvi, S., CSIR-NIO Team Journal Article Marine Energy Changes in Flow Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Environmental impacts over fish communities of submarine cable installation in the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep) Bald, J., Fontan, A., Uriarte, A. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave Fish
Acoustic characterization of submarine cable installation in the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep) Bald, J., Hernández, C., Uriarte, A. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave Noise
The Environmental Impact Study of the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) project Bald, J., Del Campo, A., Franco, J. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental impacts over the seabed and benthic communities of submarine cable installation in the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep) Bald, J., Hernández, C., Galparsoro, I. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave Habitat Change Invertebrates
Environmental Monitoring Plan of the pre-operational phase of the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (bimep) project Bald, J., Galparsoro, I., Gonzalez, M. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave
Displaying 1881 - 1920 of 3366 results