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
Spatial compatibility between emerging marine economies and existing uses in the exclusive economic zone of southern Brazil Medeiros, J.; Weiss, C.; Scherer, M.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Stakeholder Engagement
Environmental implications of future offshore renewable energy development in Aotearoa New Zealand Hale, R.; Thompson, D.; Brough, T.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
Developing onshore wind farms in Aotearoa New Zealand: carbon and energy footprints Pincelli, I.; Hinkley, J.; Brent, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Life Cycle Assessment
Overview of the development and application of wind energy in New Zealand Zhang, Z.; Liu, X.; Zhao, D.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions
Towards blue growth: Multi-use possibilities for the development of emerging sectors in the Brazilian sea Weiss, C.; Bonetti, J.; Scherer, M.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Wind farm noise and anuran diversity patterns: a case study in Brazilian seasonal dry tropical forest de Oliveira, R.; Lira, A.; Zaffaroni-Caorsid, V.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Noise
Environmental assessment of proposed areas for offshore wind farms off southern Brazil based on ecological niche modeling and a species richness index for albatrosses and petrels Lemos, C.; Hernandez, M.; Vilardo, C.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Displacement, Habitat Change Birds, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Environmental Impact Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment for a Deep Water Floating Offshore Wind Turbine on the Brazilian Continental Shelf de Paula, L.; Carmo, B. Journal Article Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Collision, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment
Factors affecting searcher efficiency and scavenger removal of bat carcasses in Neotropical wind facilities Barros, M.; Iannuzzi, L.; Silva, I.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
Participatory Methodologies and the Production of Data on Artisanal Fishing in Areas with Offshore Wind Farm Projects in Ceará, Brazil de Figueiredo Xavier, T.; Gorayeb, A.; Brannstrom, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Fisheries
One size doesn’t fit all: Singularities in bat species richness and activity patterns in wind-energy complexes in Brazil and implications for environmental assessment Pereira, C.; Falcão, F.; Bernard, E. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
Hydrodynamic and Morphodynamic Influences from Ocean Current Energy Conversion Sites in the South–Southeastern Brazilian Inner Shelf de Paula Kirinus, E.; Oleinik, P.; Marques, W. Journal Article Marine Energy, Ocean Current Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Perception of Environmental Impacts of Wind Farms in Agricultural Areas of Northeast Brazil Sobrinho Junior, M.; Hernandez, M.; Amora, S.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Brazil's offshore wind energy potential assessment based on a Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Vinhoza, A.; Schaeffer, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Environmental impacts of offshore wind installation, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning activities: A case study of Brazil Hernández Carrascal, O.; Shadman, M.; Amiri, M.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Collision, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Land-use impacts of Brazilian wind power expansion Turkovska, O.; Castro, G.; Klingler, M.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
Environmental impact index for tidal power plants in amazon region coast Progênio, M.; Blanco, C.; Cruz, J.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal
Enabling stakeholder participation in marine spatial planning: the Bangladesh experience Mannan, S.; Nilsson, H.; Johansson, T.; et al. Journal Article Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Changes in bird species composition after a wind farm installation: A case study in South America Justo Falavigna, T.; Pereira, D.; Lara Rippel, M.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Birds, Human Dimensions
Participatory Processes as Twenty-First-Century Social Knowledge Technology Heron, E.; Heron, R.; Logie, J.; et al. Book Chapter Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Stakeholder Engagement
Connections Between Wind Energy, Poverty and Social Sustainability in Brazil's Semiarid de Medeiros Galvao, M.; dos Santos, M.; da Silva, N.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Overcoming barriers to onshore wind farm implementation in Brazil Farkat Diógenes, J.; Rodrigues, J.; Farkat Diógenes, M.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
National growth and regional (under)development in Brazil: The case of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon Iorio, M.; Monni, S. Book Chapter Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Ocean Renewable Energy Potential, Technology, and Deployments: A Case Study of Brazil Shadman, M.; Silva, C.; Faller, D.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy, OTEC, Salinity Gradient, Tidal, Wave Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Procedural and distributive justice inform subjectivity regarding wind power: A case from Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Frate, C.; Brannstrom, C.; de Morais, M.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Impact of pile-driving on Hector's dolphin in Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand Leunissen, E.; Rayment, W.; Dawson, S. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Avoidance, Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Underwater noise levels of pile-driving in a New Zealand harbour, and the potential impacts on endangered Hector's dolphins Leunissen, E.; Dawson, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Sustainable Hydropower: Using Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Increase Local Adaptation Capacity in Brazil Garcia, K.; Mollica, A.; Ferreira de Matos, D.; et al. Book Chapter Riverine, Marine Energy Human Dimensions
Populist resistance and alternative transitions: Indigenous ownership of energy infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand MacArthur, J.; Matthewman, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Stakeholder Engagement
Wind power gone bad: Critiquing wind power planning processes in northeastern Brazil Gorayeb, A.; Brannstrom, C.; Meireles, A.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
Is bird conservation a barrier to wind energy? Aversa, I.; Polizel, J.; Montaño, M. Conference Paper Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Birds
Effects of Moorings on Different Types of Marine Habitat Morrisey, D.; Cameron, M.; Newcombe, E. Report Habitat Change Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Demersal Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Regional industrial policy in the wind energy sector: The case of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Adami, V.; Junior, J.; Sellitto, M. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Vessel noise cuts down communication space for vocalizing fish and marine mammals Putland, R.; Merchant, N.; Farcas, A.; et al. Journal Article Noise Pelagic Fish, Marine Mammals, Fish, Cetaceans
Storm effects on intertidal invertebrates: increased beta diversity of few individuals and species Corte, G.; Schlacher, T.; Checon, H.; et al. Journal Article Invertebrates, Human Dimensions
Guidelines for Consideration of Bats in Environmental Impact Assessment of Wind Farms in Brazil: A Collaborative Governance Experience from Rio Grande Do Sul State Bernard, E.; Pereira, M.; Barros, M.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats, Human Dimensions
Energia Eólica e os Impactos Ambientais: Um Estudo de Revisão Azevedo, J. P.; Nascimento, R. S; Schram, I. B. Journal Article Wind Energy
Study on Electrification of Remote and Isolated Tropical Islands Using OTEC Hassan, M.; Habib, W.; Rupam, T. Conference Paper Marine Energy, OTEC Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Wind-energy Development Causes Social Impacts in Coastal Ceará state, Brazil: The Case of the Xavier Community Gorayeb, A.; Mendes, J.; Meireles, A.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Another Blown in the Wind: Bats and the Licensing of Wind Farms in Brazil Valença, R.; Bernard, E. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Sustainable Seas Ko ngā moana whakauka: National Science Challenge Hall, J.; Thrush, S.; Ellis, J.; et al. Presentation Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind
A Regional Ecological Risk Assessment of the Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand, Using a Relative Risk Model Kanwar, P.; Bowden, W.; Greenhalgh, S. Journal Article Marine Energy Stakeholder Engagement, Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
Species composition and mortality of bats at the Osório Wind Farm, southern Brazil Barros, M.A.S; Gastal de Magalhães, R; Rui, A.M Journal Article Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
Planning for Net Biodiversity Gains: A Case Study of Hau_uru m_ raki Wind Farm, New Zealand Craig, J.; Kessels, G.; Langlands, P.; et al. Book Chapter Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Ecosystem Processes
Modeling of Wave Energy Absorption: a Case Study for a Fishing Pier in Brazil Dalla Vecchia, L.; Scharlau, C.; D'Aquino, C.; et al. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Species composition and mortality of bats at the Osorio Wind Farm, southern Brazil Barros, M.; de Magalhaes, R.; Rui, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
Blown in the Wind: Bats and Wind Farms in Brazil Bernard, E.; Paese, A.; Machado, R.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
The Cumulative Effect on Sound Levels from Multiple Underwater Anthropogenic Sound Sources in Shallow Coastal Waters Pine, M.; Jeffs, A.; Radford, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Noise
Marine Energy White Paper - AWATEA Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association (AWATEA) Report Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Underwater Anthropogenic Sound: Understanding the potential impacts on the marine environment and the influence on crab larval behaviour Pine, M. Thesis Marine Energy, Tidal Noise Invertebrates

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