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
Numerical Modelling Study of the Effects of Suspended Aquaculture Farms on Tidal Stream Energy Generation O'Donncha, F., James, S., O'Brien, N. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Runde Miljøsenter: North Atlantic Seabird Seminar Hundeide, M. Report Marine Energy Birds, Seabirds
Current Ability to Assess Impacts of Electromagnetic Fields Associated with Marine and Hydrokinetic Technologies on Marine Fishes in Hawaii Claisse, J., Pondella, D., Williams, C. Report Marine Energy EMF Fish
Marine Renewable Energy Converters and Biofouling: A Review on Impacts and Prevention Titah-Benbouzid, H., Benbouzid, M. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction Invertebrates
Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project Final Technical Report Collar, C. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
A Methodology to Assess Displacement Effects on Key Wildlife Species Arising from Marine Energy Conversion Systems using Onshore Observation Data Long, C., Scott-Hayward, L., Norris, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy Displacement, Habitat Change
Enabling Siting and Permitting of Marine Energy Devices, in Conjunction with Engineering Design and Deployment Strategies Copping, A., Geerlofs, S., Hanna, L. Conference Paper Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
MaRVEN - Environmental Impacts of Noise, Vibrations and Electromagnetic Emissions from Marine Renewable Energy Thomsen, F., Gill, A., Kosecka, M. Report Marine Energy Attraction, Avoidance, EMF
Velocity-Pressure Solution to Modeling 3D Noise Propagation from an Array of Current-Energy Converters Johnson, C., Roberts, J., Preston, L. Conference Paper Marine Energy Noise
Numerical Modeling of the Impact Response of Tidal Devices and Marine Mammals Grear, M., Motley, M. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Field Testing a Full-Scale Tidal Turbine Part 3: Acoustic Characteristics Schmitt, P., Elsaesser, B., Coffin, M. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Noise
Simulating Harbour Porpoise Habitat Use in a 3D Tidal Environment Lake, T., Masters, I., Croft, T. Conference Paper Marine Energy Marine Mammals
Hydrodynamic Response to Large Scale Tidal Energy Extraction Brown, A., Neill, S. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Discussion of the Effects of the Underwater Noise Radiated by a Wave Energy Device - Portugal Cruz, E., Simas, T., Kasanen, E. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Changes in Vertical Fish Distributions Near a Hydrokinetic Device in Cobscook Bay, Maine, USA Staines, G., Zydlewski, G., Viehman, H. Conference Paper Marine Energy Attraction, Avoidance Fish, Pelagic Fish
Field Testing a Full-Scale Tidal Turbine Part 2: In-Line Wake Effects Schmitt, P., Elsaesser, B., Bischof, S. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal
Acoustic Characterization of a Hydrokinetic Turbine Polagye, B., Murphy, P. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Riverine Noise
Impact of Scaled Tidal Stream Turbine over Mobile Sediment Beds Ramírez-Mendoza, R., Amoudry, L., Thorne, P. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Environmental Assessment, Management and Monitoring of Carnegie Wave Energy's Perth Wave Energy Project Ward, E., Sawyer, T. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave
Marine Renewable Energy Sediment Stability Evaluation Framework Roberts, J., Jones, C. Conference Paper Marine Energy Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Beach Morphodynamics in the Lee of a Wave Farm Abanades, J., Greaves, D., Iglesias, G. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Remote Detection of Sea Surface Roughness Signatures Related to Subsurface Bathymetry, Structures and Tidal Stream Turbine Wakes Bell, P., McCann, D., Lawrence, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal
Combining Offshore Wind and Wave Energy Extraction: An Environmental Perspective Rumes, B., Marcantonio, M., Lauwaert, B. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind
Sediment Transport in the Pentland Firth and Impacts of Tidal Stream Energy Extraction Fairley, I., Masters, I., Karunarathna, H. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Wave Energy Converter Effects on Nearshore Wave Propagation Roberts, J., Chang, G., Jones, C. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow
Hybrid Wave and Offshore Wind Farms: a Comparative Case Study of Co-located Layouts [Conference Paper] Astariz, S., Perez-Collazo, C., Abanades, J. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind
An Integrated Solution to Real Time Marine Mammal Monitoring for Tidal Turbines Bromley, P., Boake, C., Broudic, M. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Marine Mammals
Challenging Best Knowledge to Real Conditions on the SEMREV Marine Test Site Perignon, Y., Le Crom, I. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave
Using Temporal Analysis Techniques to Optimize Hydroacoustic Surveys of Fish at MHK Devices Viehman, H., Zydlewski, G. Conference Paper Marine Energy Fish
Surveying Marine Mammals in Nearby Tidal Energy Development Sites: a Comparison Benjamins, S., Macleod, A., Greenhill, L. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Marine Mammals
Towards Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals at a Tidal Turbine Site: Grand Passage, NS, Canada Malinka, C., Hay, A., Cheel, R. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Marine Mammals
Numerical Performance Analysis of Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profilers in the Wake of an Axial-Flow Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Richmond, M., Harding, S., Romero-Gomez, P. Journal Article Marine Energy Physical Environment
Deep Green Project Holyhead Deep: Volume 2 Results Report Trindade, L. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Habitat Change Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
In-Stream Hydrokinetic Power: Review and Appraisal VanZwieten, J., McAnally, W., Ahmad, J. Journal Article Marine Energy
Combining Wave Energy with Wind and Solar: Short-Term Forecasting Reikard, G., Robertson, B., Bidlot, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Wave, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy
Modelling Seabed Shear Stress, Sediment Mobility, and Sediment Transport in the Bay of Fundy Li, M., Hannah, C., Perrie, W. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Sediment Transport, Physical Environment
Assessing the Performance of Passive Acoustic Monitoring Technologies for Porpoise Detection in a High Flow Tidal Energy Test Site Porskamp, P., Broome, J., Sanderson, B. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Symbiotic Offshore Energy Harvesting and Storage Systems Slocum, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Wave, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Birds
Environmental Impact Assessment Of Wave Energy Converters: A Review Riefolo, L., Lanfredi, C., Azzellino, A. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Habitat characterization of a tidal energy site using an ROV: Overcoming difficulties in a harsh environment Greene, H. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Invertebrates
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