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
Emerging energy sources' social acceptability: Evidence from marine-based energy projects Ponce Oliva, R.; Estay, M.; Barrientos, M.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
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
Sustainable wind energy planning through ecosystem service impact valuation and exergy: A study case in south-central Chile Martínez-Martínez, Y.; Dewulf, J.; Aguayo, M.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Changes in Flow, Habitat Change Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality
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
Guía de evaluación ambiental. Componente de vida silvestre Ministerio de Agricultura de Chile Guidance Wind Energy Bats, Birds
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
Evaluación de la actividad de forrajeo y composición de especies de murciélagos en cultivos agrícolas dentro del área de influencia de dos proyectos de parques eólicos de la zona central de Chile Ortiz-Perez, F. I. Thesis Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
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
Impacto ambiental de aerogeneradores: campos eólicos situados en tierra García-Bernarl, N. Journal Article Land-Based Wind
Open Sea Lab Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) Project Site Marine Energy, Wave
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
In transitions we trust? Understanding citizen, business, and public sector opposition to wind energy and hydropower in Chile Vallejos-Romero, A.; Cordoves-Sánchez, M.; Jacobi, P.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
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
Accumulating Biofouling - and Knowledge Navarrete, S.; Parragué, M.; Osiadacz, N.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy Habitat Change Invertebrates
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
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
The Scottish experience in community energy development: A starting point for Chile Gonzalez, F.; Saumo, E.; van der Weijde, A. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, 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
Social construction of risk in non-conventional renewable energy: Risk perception as a function of ecosystem services in La Araucanía, Chile Cordoves-Sánchez, M.; Vallejos-Romero, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Marine Energy Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
Abundance, composition and succession of sessile subtidal assemblages in high wave-energy environments of Central Chile: Temporal and depth variation Navarrete, S.; Parragué, M.; Osiadacz, N.; et al. Journal Article Invertebrates
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
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
Energías renovables: Escenario actual y perspectivas futuras Montecinos, S.; Carvajal, D. Book Wind Energy Human Dimensions
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
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
Nearshore assessment of wave energy resources in central Chile (2009–2010) Mediavilla, D.; Sepulveda, H. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy
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
Lineamientos de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental sobre Murciélagos por Plantas de Energía Eólica en Latinoamérica y el Caribe RELCOM Guidance Bats
Interactions of Marine Hydrokinetic Devices in Complex Bathymetries: Numerical Simulations in the Chacao Channel in Southern Chile Soto, K.; Escauriaza, C.; Richter, D. Conference Paper Marine Energy
La conservación de los murciélagos y el desarrollo eólico: El caso de Chile Ossa, G; Juarez, C.; Vargas-Rodriguez, R Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision, Habitat Change Bats
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
Marine Energy Research and Innovation Centre (MERIC) Chilean Ministry of Energy; Chilean Ministry of Energy; CORFO; et al. Project Site Marine Energy, Ocean Current, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind
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
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
First Report on Bat Mortalities on Wind Farms in Chile Escobar, L.; Juarez, C.; Medina-Vogel, G.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats

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