TY - RPRT
TI - Conceptual Model of Offshore Wind Environmental Risk Evaluation System
AU - Anderson, R
AU - Copping, A
AU - Van Cleve, F
AU - Unwin, S
AU - Hamilton, E
AB - In this report we describe the development of the Environmental Risk Evaluation System (ERES), a risk-informed analytical process for estimating the environmental risks associated with the construction and operation of offshore wind energy generation projects. The development of ERES for offshore wind is closely allied with a concurrent process undertaken to examine environmental effects of marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy generation, although specific risk-relevant attributes will differ between the MHK and offshore wind domains. During fiscal year 2010, a conceptual design of ERES for offshore wind will be developed. The offshore wind ERES mockup described in this report will provide a preview of the functionality of a fully developed risk evaluation system that will use risk assessment techniques to determine priority stressors on aquatic organisms and environments from specific technology aspects, identify key uncertainties underlying high-risk issues, compile a wide-range of data types in an innovative and flexible data organizing scheme, and inform planning and decision processes with a transparent and technically robust decision-support tool. A fully functional version of ERES for offshore wind will be developed in a subsequent phase of the project.
CY - Richland, Washington
DA - 2010/06//
PY - 2010
SP - 1
EP - 16
PB - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
SN - PNNL-19500
UR - https://www.pnnl.gov/main/publications/external/technical_reports/PNNL-19500.pdf
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Birds
KW - Fish
KW - Marine Mammals
KW - Physical Environment
KW - Sediment Transport
KW - Reptiles
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Stakeholder Engagement
ER -