Knowledge Base

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 Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Oceanographic HF Radar Data Preservation in Wind Turbine Trockel, J.; Trockel, D.; Whelan, C.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Navigation
Stressor-Specific Guidance Document: Electromagnetic Fields OES-Environmental Report Marine Energy EMF
Stressor-Specific Guidance Document: Underwater Noise OES-Environmental Report Marine Energy Noise
Stressor-Specific Guidance Document: Habitat Change OES-Environmental Report Marine Energy Habitat Change
Stressor-Specific Guidance Document: Oceanographic Systems OES-Environmental Report Marine Energy Changes in Flow
Stressor-Specific Guidance Document: Collision Risk OES-Environmental Report Marine Energy Collision
Stressor-Specific Guidance Document: Entanglement OES-Environmental Report Marine Energy Entanglement
Underwater Noise Conflict Resolution: Framework Report Xodus Group Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Seabirds in 3D: A Framework to Evaluate Collision Vulnerability with Future Offshore Wind Developments - Interim Project Report #2: Assessing Tradeoffs between Seabird Density at Collision Risk Height and Wind Facility Performance Wallach, E.; Chamberlin, C.; Schneider, S.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Collision Birds, Seabirds
Offshore Wind Energy: Actions Needed to Address Gaps in Interior's Oversight of Development Rusco, F. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Displacement Human Dimensions, Fisheries
What is the value of innovative offshore renewable energy deployment to the UK economy? [2025 Update] Noble, D.; Grattan, K.; Jeffrey, H. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Tidal Stream Energy Project: Collision Risk Data and Evidence Summary Phillips, E.; Wren, S.; King, G.; et al. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Avoidance, Collision, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
IEA-OES Annual Report: An Overview of Ocean Energy Activities in 2024 Ocean Energy Systems (OES) Report Marine Energy, OTEC, Tidal, Wave Human Dimensions
Sea Space Analysis for Wave and Tidal Energy Lee, S.; Strong, V.; Anning, D.; et al. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Water Quality, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement, Visual Impacts
Adrift in the California Current Survey: Passive Acoustic Monitoring in the California Current using Drifting Recorders Rankin, S.; Burger, K.; Hom-Weaver, C.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Guidance for Monitoring and Reporting of Underwater Noise Chumbinho, R. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy Noise Ecosystem Processes, Marine Mammals
Harbour and grey seals: distribution maps for Scotland Carter, M.; Bivins, M.; Duck, C.; et al. Report Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
SafeWave Deliverable 3.2 Sound Propagation Modelling Gambin, J.A.G.; Topon, K.A.S.; Felis, I.; et al. Report Marine Energy, Wave Noise
SENSITIVITY MAPPING OF RELATIVE RISKS TO BATS FROM DANISH OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY Brinkløv, S.; Uebel, A.; Fjederholt, E.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, Noise Bats
Year-round and Diel Patterns in Habitat Use of Seabirds off Oregon Orben, R.; Porquez, J.; Suryan, R. Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Collision Birds
The Blue Economy in Los Angeles County Charting a Course Forward Durante, G.; Dunsker, M.; Sedgewick, S. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Summary of Bird Monitoring Reports from Operational Wind Energy Facilities in South Africa BirdLife South Africa Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Passerines, Raptors, Waterfowl
UK Ocean Energy Review 2024 Grattan, K.; Noble, D.; Jeffrey, H. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
Evaluating Tools and Technologies for Monitoring Baleen Whales During Offshore Wind Foundation Installation Szesciorka, A.; Severy, M.; Ampela, K.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Activity-based Informed Curtailment: Using Acoustics to Design and Validate Smart Curtailment to Reduce Risk to Bats at Wind Farms Peterson, T.; Aghababian, S.; Byrne, C. Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
Diadromous Fish in the Context of Offshore Wind – Review of Current Knowledge & Future Research Honkanen, H.; Moore, I.; Roger, J.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind EMF, Habitat Change, Lighting, Noise Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish
SIDS Lighthouses Initiative: Progress and way forward Dhabi, A. Report Marine Energy Stakeholder Engagement
Floating Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure Nielsen, K.; Robertson, B.; Sierman, J.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Physical Environment, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning, Stakeholder Engagement
Future Economic Potential of Tidal Stream & Wave Energy in Scotland Noble, D.; Grattan, K.; Jeffrey, H. Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Nature Positive: Role of the Offshore Wind Sector World Economic Forum Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) Innovation Guide Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Developing the Offshore Wind that Birds Need Seavy, N.; Wojcicki, S.; Madden, A.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Displacement, Lighting, Noise Birds, Passerines, Seabirds, Shorebirds, Waterfowl, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Marine biodiversity related to establishment of offshore wind turbines: A case study from Kriegers Flak in the western Baltic Sea Dahl, K.; Buur, H.; Göke, C.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change Fish, Invertebrates
Shetland Tidal Array Monitoring Report July 2023 to June 2024 Smith, K. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Pelagic Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals
SafeWave Deliverable 3.4 Synthesis of Knowledge Acquired and Gap Analysis Garcia, J.; Felis, I.; de Santiago, I.; et al. Report Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow, EMF, Noise
SafeWave Deliverable 5.4 Guidance Document on a Risk Based, Adaptive Management Based Consenting Process for Wave Energy Projects in France and Ireland Verling, E.; O'Hagan, A.; Soulard, T.; et al. Report Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
SafeWave Deliverable 2.6 Data Results and analysis towards impacts' evaluation Bourhis, E.; Soulard, T.; Vinagre, P.; et al. Report Marine Energy, Wave EMF, Habitat Change, Noise
SafeWave Deliverable 2.7 Development Of Guidelines For Environmental Monitoring Muxika, I.; Bourhis, E.; Felis, I.; et al. Report Marine Energy, Wave EMF, Habitat Change, Noise Fish, Physical Environment
ICOE 2024 Key Takeaways Report Brito e Melo, A. Report Marine Energy, OTEC, Tidal, Wave
Scenarios for Replacing Conventional Energy With Offshore Renewable Energy Along the Central California Coast Ruttenberg, B.; Wang, Y. ; Walter, R.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, Entanglement, Noise Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning
Wind power and biodiversity France Energie Eolienne (France renouvelables) Report Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
SafeWave Deliverable 2.3 Acoustic Monitoring Madrid, E.; Garcia, J.; Er-rachdi, H.; et al. Report Marine Energy, Wave Noise
Anholt Wind Farm's Impact on Benthic Biodiversity at Turbine and Farm Level Dahl, K.; Robinson, B.; Buur, H.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Habitat Change Physical Environment
Biofouling Management Best Practices in the Offshore Renewable Energy Sector: An Overview Heupel, E.; Shumway, S.; Durr, S. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy Attraction Invertebrates
Requirements for Coastal Resilience in Europe European Marine Board (EMB) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data
SafeWave Deliverable 3.1 EMF Modelling Imperadore, A.; Amaral, L.; Vinagre, P. Report Marine Energy EMF
Scoping an Offshore Wind Sustained Observation Programme (OW-SOP) Monteleone, V.; De Dominicis, M.; Williams, C.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Water Quality
Methodology for Combining Digital Aerial Survey Data and Passive Acoustic Baseline Data Harris, D.; Chudzinska, M.; Jacobson, E.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Displacement Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Climate Action Support 2024 Dhabi, A. Report Marine Energy Legal & Policy, Stakeholder Engagement
Wave and Tidal Energy: Evaluation of Feasibility, Costs, and Benefits Senate Bill 605 Report Lee, S.; Strong, V.; Aspen Environmental Group Report Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data

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