The Knowledge Base provides access to documents and information about the environmental effects of wind and marine renewable energy, supporting the OES-Environmental and WREN initiatives. Relevant documents from around the world are compiled into a user-friendly table that displays all content available in Tethys. Results can be narrowed using the keyword filters on the right, or with search terms entered in the text box, including targeted searches (e.g., org:DOE, author:copping). Content may also be sorted alphabetically by clicking on column headers. Some entries will appear on the next page.
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| Title | Author | Date Sort ascending | Content Type | Technology | Stressor | Receptor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guidelines for Providing Information for Mitigating Impacts to Commercial and For Hire Recreational Fisheries on the Outer Continental Shelf Pursuant to 30 CFR Part 585 | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement | ||
| Improving Decision-Making for The Energy Transition: Guidance for using Strategic Environmental Assessment | Dalal-Clayton, B.; Scott-Brown, M. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wind Energy | |||
| 2024 Update to: Technical Guidance for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Marine Mammal Hearing (Version 3.0): Underwater and In Air Criteria for Onset of Auditory Injury and Temporary Threshold Shifts | National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) | Guidance | Noise | Marine Mammals | ||
| Guidance for Pre- and Post-Construction Monitoring to Detect Changes in Marine Bird Distributions and Habitat Use Related to Offshore Wind Development | Avian Displacement Guidance Committee | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Avoidance, Displacement | Birds | |
| Integrated Environmental & Social Sensitivity Mapping: Guidance for Early Offshore Wind Spatial Planning | World Bank Group | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Recreation & Tourism | ||
| Recommendations for Evaluating the Use of Existing Baseline Observational Survey Data for Birds in Offshore Wind Site Characterization Processes for the U.S. Atlantic | Avian Displacement Guidance Committee | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Birds | ||
| Local Community Engagement: Ocean Energy Best Practices | ETIP Ocean (The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy) | Guidance | Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement | |||
| Offshore renewables environmental approvals | Australian Government | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | |||
| Consideration of avoidance behaviour of northern gannet (Morus bassanus) in collision risk modelling for offshore wind farm impact assessments (NECR512) | Pavat, D.; Harker, A.; Humphries, G.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision | Birds | |
| Nationwide Recommendations for Impact Pile Driving Sound Exposure Modeling and Sound Field Measurement for Offshore Wind Construction and Operations Plans | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Noise | Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles | |
| FINAL Information Needed for Issuance of a Notice of Intent (NOI) Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Guide to a floating offshore wind farm | BVG Associates | Guidance | Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind | Physical Environment | ||
| Information to support Environmental Assessment of tidal lagoon developments in Wales | Natural Resource Wales | Guidance | Marine Energy, Tidal | Habitat Change | Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment | |
| ‘Best practice’ guidelines on community engagement | Baulaz, Y.; Pirttimaa, L.; Mak, F.; et al. | Guidance | Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement | |||
| Supporting National Environmental Policy Act Documentation for Offshore Wind Energy Development Related Offshore Aquifers | Middleton, P.; Barnhart, B. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | ||
| Bat and Bird monitoring guidance | Skov, H. | Guidance | Wind Energy | Bats, Birds | ||
| Wind Energy End-of-Service Guide | Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); Oteri, F.; Tinnesand, H.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Human Dimensions | ||
| Guía de evaluación ambiental. Componente de vida silvestre | Ministerio de Agricultura de Chile | Guidance | Wind Energy | Bats, Birds | ||
| Inspiring Tomorrow's Water Power Workforce to Lead the Clean Energy Revolution | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) | Guidance | Marine Energy | |||
| Decommissioning of Offshore Renewable Energy Installations in Scottish waters or in the Scottish part of the Renewable Energy Zone under The Energy Act 2004 | The Scottish Government | Guidance | Marine Energy | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Last Stop to 2025: A 2022 Action Plan to deliver on the Offshore Strategy’s Ocean Energy Target | Collombet, R. | Guidance | Marine Energy | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Marine Energy in the Dutch North Sea White Paper: Potential benefits to the Dutch energy system | Tocardo B.V. | Guidance | Marine Energy | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
| The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance Research Priorities 2022 | Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning | |
| BirdLife Position on Renewable Energy at Sea and nature conservation | BirdLife International | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Collision | Birds, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning | |
| Guidelines for Lighting and Marking of Structures Supporting Renewable Energy Development | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Lighting | Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles | |
| Mitigating biodiversity impacts associated with solar and wind energy development: guidelines for project developers | Bennun, L.; van Bochove, J.; Ng, C.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind | Habitat Change | Bats, Birds, Marine Mammals | |
| Protecting the marine environment for a sustainable development of offshore wind energy - Recommendations by WWF France | Hardy, P-Y.; Kazeroni, M.; Alex, B.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| MSPglobal: international guide on marine/maritime spatial planning | Ansong, J.; Isaksson, I.; Quesada da Silva, M.; et al. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
| Managing Impacts of Human-Generated Sound on Marine Life | McPherson, S. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Noise | Fish, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Marine Spatial Planning, Recreation & Tourism | |
| Guidance document on wind energy developments and EU nature legislation | European Commission | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Birds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| The Wildlife Sensitivity Mapping Manual: Practical guidance for renewable energy planning in the European Union | Allinson, T.; Jobson, B.; Crowe, O.; et al. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Physical Environment, Marine Mammals | ||
| Black Harriers and Wind Energy: Guidelines for impact assessment, monitoring and mitigation | Simmons, R.; Ralston-Paton, S.; Colyn, R.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision, Habitat Change | Birds | |
| Guidelines for Providing Information on Fisheries Social and Economic Conditions for Renewable Energy Development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Social & Economic Data | |||
| Information Guidelines for a Renewable Energy Construction and Operations Plan (COP) | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Guidelines for Submission of Spatial Data for Atlantic Offshore Renewable Energy Development Site Characterization Surveys | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning | ||
| Guidelines for Providing Avian Survey Information for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Bats, Birds, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| BOEM / FERC Guidelines on Regulation of Marine Hydrokinetic Energy Projects on the OCS | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) | Guidance | Marine Energy | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Socioeconomic Analysis Plan for the ELEMENT Project | Smith, D.; Gorintin, F. | Guidance | Marine Energy, Tidal | Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data | ||
| South African Bat Fatality Threshold Guidelines: Edition 3 | MacEwan, K.; Aronson, J.; Richardson, K.; et al. | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Bats | |
| Guía para la descripción de centrales eólicas de generación de energía eléctrica en el SEIA (segunda edición) | Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental de Chile | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions | ||
| Guía de buenas prácticas para el desarrollo eólico en Argentina: Gestión de impactos de aves y murciélagos | Subsecretaría de Energías Renovables y de Eficiencia Energética | Guidance | Land-Based Wind | Bats, Birds | ||
| Eagle Conservation Plan for the Goodnoe Hills Wind Facility Klickitat County, Washington | Western Ecosystems Technology Inc (WEST) | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind | Collision | Birds | |
| Acoustic characterization of marine energy converters - IEC TS 62600-40:2019 | International Electrotechnical Commission | Guidance | Marine Energy | Noise | ||
| Protocol for mitigation of marine mammal disturbance and injury at EMEC test sites | European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) | Guidance | Marine Energy | Marine Mammals | ||
| Guidelines for Information Requirements for a Renewable Energy Site Assessment Plan (SAP) | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind | Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy | ||
| Guidelines for Providing Information on Fisheries for Renewable Energy Development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Guidance | Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy | |||
| Guidelines for Providing Information on Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles for Renewable Energy Development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf | BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs | Guidance | Marine Energy, Wind Energy | Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles | ||
| Via Pontica-Myth and Reality for Birds and Wind Turbines | Manev, T.; Zehtindjiev, P. | Guidance | Wind Energy | Birds | ||
| A Citizens Guide to Environmental Assessment | Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Climate Change (Nova Scotia Environment) | Guidance | Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy | Habitat Change | Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement | |
| Guía para la Elaboración de Estudios de Impacto Ambiental de Proyectos de Energías Renovables | Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable | Guidance | Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind |
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