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 Related to Marine Energy

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Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Lashy Sound Tidal Array Scoping Report Orbital Marine Power Report Marine Energy, Tidal
Marine Renewable Energy in China: Current Status and Perspectives Zhang, Y., Lin, Z., Liu, Q. Journal Article Marine Energy
Minas Passage Lobster Tracking Study 2011-2013 Morrison, K., Broome, J., Redden, A. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Invertebrates
Physical Modelling of Wave Energy Converters Sheng, W., Alcorn, R., Lewis, T. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy
Flocculation and Sediment Deposition in a Hypertidal Creek O'Laughlin, C., van Proosdij, D., Milligan, T. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Sediment Transport, Physical Environment
Temporal Patterns in Minas Basin Intertidal Weir Fish Catches and Presence of Harbour Porpoise during April - August 2013 Baker, M., Reed, M., Redden, A. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Marine Mammals
Waterbirds in the UK 2012/13: The annual report of the Wetland Bird Survey Austin, G.E., Calbrade, N.A., Mellan, H.J. Report Marine Energy Birds
Public engagement with offshore renewable energy: A critical review Wiersma, B., Devine-Wright, P. Journal Article Wind Energy, Marine Energy Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
Life Cycle Assessment of the Wavestar Dalton, G., Madden, D., Daly, M. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Marine Spatial Planning - Current Status 2014: National Planning in Sweden's Territorial Waters and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Impacts of Tidal Energy Extraction on Sea Bed Morphology Chatzirodou, A., Karunarathna, H. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Whale To Turbine Impact Using The GPU Based SPH-LSM Method Longshaw, S., Stansby, P., Rogers, B. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Tidal Collision Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Experimental study of the turbulence intensity effects on marine current turbines behaviour. Part I: One single turbine Mycek, P., Gaurier, B., Germain, G. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow
Quantifying Barotrauma Risk to Juvenile Fish during Hydro-Turbine Passage Richmond, M., Serkowski, J., Ebner, L. Journal Article Riverine, Marine Energy Collision Fish
Effects of Man-Made Structures on Sedimentary Oxygenation: Extent, Seasonality and Implications for Offshore Renewables Wilding, T. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Hydraulic Impacts of Hydrokinetic Devices Kartezhnikova, M., Ravens, T. Journal Article Marine Energy, Riverine Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Noise Correction of Turbulent Spectra Obtained from Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters Durgesh, V., Thomson, J., Richmond, M. Journal Article Marine Energy Noise
Power Generation Using the Kuroshio Current IHI Corporation Report Ocean Current, Marine Energy
A Review of the Potential Impacts of Wave and Tidal Energy Development on Scotland's Marine Environment Aquatera Report Wave, Tidal, Marine Energy Ecosystem Processes
Wave Energy Test Site, Kaneohe, HI De Visser, A., Vega, L. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave
Dictionary of Ocean Energy (Chinese) Wen, X., Zhu, K. Book Marine Energy
Energy of Marine Currents in the Strait of Gibraltar and its Potential as a Renewable Energy Resource Quesada, M., Lafuente, J., Garrido, J. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal
Physical and Numerical Large-Scale Wave Basin Modeling of Fluid-Structure Interaction and Wave Impact Phenomena Yim, S., Azabakht, M., Challa, R. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow
A Geographical-Based Multi-Criteria Approach for Marine Energy Farm Planning Maslov, N., Brosset, D., Claramunt, C. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
D4.17 Report on environmental monitoring protocols Magagna, D., Lauri, C., Butler, M. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Chemicals, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals
Relational development site appraisal model for the deployment of marine energy convertors in Scotland Wemyss, M. Thesis Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Under Keel Clearance - Policy Paper NOREL Guidance Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Navigation
Understanding the Potential for Marine Megafauna Entanglement Risk from Marine Renewable Energy Developments [Presentation] Benjamins, S., Harnois, V., Smith, H. Presentation Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Entanglement Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Environmental Impacts over the Seabed and Benthic Communities of Underwater Cable Installation in the Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BIMEP) Bald, J., Hernández, C., Galparsoro, I. Presentation Marine Energy Habitat Change Invertebrates
The Modelling of Tidal Turbine Farms using Multi-Scale, Unstructured Mesh Models Kramer, S., Piggott, M., Hill, J. Presentation Marine Energy, Tidal
Advances in Research to Understand the Impacts of Wave and Tidal Energy Devices in the United States Brown-Saracino, J. Presentation Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave
Movement Patterns of Seals in Tidally Energetic Sites: Implications for Renewable Energy Development Hastie, G., Benjamins, S., Bird, A. Presentation Marine Energy, Tidal Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Impacts of Tidal-Stream Energy Converter (TEC) Arrays in Relation to the Natural Variability of Sedimentary Processes Robins, P., Neill, S., Lewis, M. Presentation Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Monitoring Spatial Variability for Marine Energy Sites Ashton, I., Argall, R., Nicholls-Lee, R. Presentation Marine Energy
EMEC Billia Croo Wave Test Site: Wildlife Observations Project Annual Report Marine Scotland Science Report Marine Energy, Wave Birds, Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
Estimating Distribution of Sedimentary Benthic Habitats and Species on the Eastern Pacific Shelf and Detecting Effects of Device Deployment Henkel, S., Goldfinger, C., Romsos, C. Presentation Marine Energy Habitat Change Invertebrates
EMEC Fall of Warness Tidal Test Site: Wildlife Observations Project Annual Report Marine Scotland Science Report Marine Energy, Tidal Birds, Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
The Hebridean Wave Model Christie, D. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave
Tidal Energy, Underwater Noise and Marine Mammals Carter, C., Wilson, B., Burrows, M. Presentation Marine Energy, Tidal Noise Marine Mammals
An Overview of a Simulation Approach to Assessing Environmental Risk of Sound Exposure to Marine Mammals Donovan, C., Harris, C., Marshall, L. Presentation Marine Energy Noise Marine Mammals
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