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
Assessing the Vulnerability of the Marine Bird Community in the Western North Sea to Climate Change and Other Anthropogenic Impacts Burthe, S., Wanless, S., Newell, M. Journal Article Marine Energy Birds, Seabirds, Ecosystem Processes
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
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
Marine Renewable Energy in China: Current Status and Perspectives Zhang, Y., Lin, Z., Liu, Q. Journal Article 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
Lashy Sound Tidal Array Scoping Report Orbital Marine Power Report Marine Energy, Tidal
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) Berglund, I. 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
Dictionary of Ocean Energy (Chinese) Wen, X., Zhu, K. Book Marine Energy
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
Power Generation Using the Kuroshio Current IHI Corporation Report Ocean Current, Marine Energy
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
Wave Energy Test Site, Kaneohe, HI De Visser, A., Vega, L. Presentation Marine Energy, Wave
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
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
Tracking Porpoise Underwater Movements in Tidal Rapids using Drifting Hydrophone Arrays. Filling a Key Information Gap for Assessing Collision Risk Gordon, J., Macaulay, J., Northridge, S. Presentation Marine Energy, Tidal Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
MERiFIC 3.3.3: Technical Report Biodiversity Assessment - Methods for Surveying Marine Mammal Biodiversity around Small Islands Ingram, S. Report Marine Energy Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Better Together: The Implications of Tidal Resource Interactions from Resource Calculation to Policy and Governance Woolf, D., Easton, M. Presentation Marine Energy, Tidal Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Under Keel Clearance - Policy Paper NOREL Guidance Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Navigation
Modelling Impact Assessment in Renewables Development Areas using the New R Package, MRSea v0.1.1 Scott-Hayward, L., Mackenzie, M., Oedekoven, C. Presentation Marine Energy
Flow and Benthic Ecology 4D - FLOWBEC - An Overview Bell, P., McCann, D., Scott, B. Presentation Marine Energy Invertebrates
Responses of Free-Living Coastal Pelagic Fish to Impulsive Sounds Hawkins, A., Roberts, L., Cheesman, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Noise Pelagic Fish, Fish
Coordination and Cooperation in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the US National Ocean Policy Maier, N. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
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
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
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
Monitoring Spatial Variability for Marine Energy Sites Ashton, I., Argall, R., Nicholls-Lee, R. Presentation Marine Energy
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