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
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
Autonomous sensor suite for evaluating fish-turbine interactions and environmental impacts in marine renewable energy and hydropower Salalila, A.; Lu, J.; Martinez, J.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow, Collision Fish
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
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
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
Large offshore wind farms have minimal direct impacts on air quality Golbazi, M.; Archer, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow, Habitat Change Human Dimensions
Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Maine Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM); US Department of the Interior (DOI) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Collision, Displacement, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Lighting, Noise Bats, Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Pinnipeds, Physical Environment, Water Quality, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Stakeholder Engagement
Localized Tidal Energy Extraction in Puget Sound Can Adjust Estuary Reflection and Friction, Modifying Barotropic Tides System-Wide Spicer, P.; MacCready, P.; Yang, Z. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Observational and Modeling Approaches for Assessing Impacts of Offshore Wind Development on California Current Upwelling: Workshop Summary Kojima, A.; Kilpatrick, T.; Jacox, M.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Ecosystem Processes
New England Wind Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Assessment of ocean energy systems as a source of energy for a proposed aquaculture ecosystem in Guam Peralta, F. Conference Paper Marine Energy, OTEC, Wave Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Habitat Change Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning, Social & Economic Data
Overlap between the Mid-Atlantic Bight Cold Pool and offshore wind lease areas Horwitz, R.; Miles, T.; Munroe, D.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Potential Hydrodynamic Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on Nantucket Shoals Regional Ecology: An Evaluation from Wind to Whales National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Ecosystem Processes, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Ocean Wind 1 Construction and Operations Plan Ocean Wind 1 Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow, Collision, Habitat Change Bats, Birds, Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles, Sea Turtles, Human Dimensions
Projected cross-shore changes in upwelling induced by offshore wind farm development along the California coast Raghukumar, K.; Nelson, T.; Jacox, M.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment
DRAFT Ocean Wind 1 Offshore Wind Farm Biological Assessment BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow, Collision, Habitat Change Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Effect of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines on Atmospheric Circulation in California Raghukumar, K.; Chartrand, C.; Chang, G.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment
Surface impacts of large offshore wind farms Golbazi, M.; Archer, C.; Alessandrini, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) in the Tropics: An Overview of MRE Potential in Oaxaca, Mexico Oman, J. Report Marine Energy, Ocean Current, OTEC, Wave Changes in Flow, Collision, EMF, Entanglement, Habitat Change, Noise Birds, Seabirds, Fish, Pelagic Fish, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Legal & Policy, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data
The Potential of Wave Energy Conversion to Mitigate Coastal Erosion from Hurricanes Ozkan, C.; Mayo, T.; Passeri, D. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow Human Dimensions
An Assessment of the Cumulative Impacts of Floating Offshore Wind Farms Integral Consulting Inc Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment
Draft Preliminary Environmental Assessment: Vandenberg Offshore Wind Energy Projects California State Lands Commission Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow, Collision, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Visual Impacts
Larval cross‐shore transport estimated from internal waves with a background flow: The effects of larval vertical position and depth regulation Garwood, J.; Lucas, A.; Naughton, P.; et al. Journal Article Changes in Flow Invertebrates
Observations and Simulations of a Wind Farm Modifying a Thunderstorm Outflow Boundary Tomaszewski, J.; Lundquist, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Could federal wind farms influence continental shelf oceanography and alter associated ecological processes? A literature review. Miles, T.; Murphy, S.; Kohut, J.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow, Habitat Change Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment
Validation of a Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport Modeling Framework for the Evaluation of Offshore Wind Farms Jones, C.; Chang, G.; Magalen, J.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality
Sediment Deposition Following Construction of a Breakwater Harbor: Point Judith Harbor of Refuge, Rhode Island, USA Oakley, B.; Murphy, C.; Lee, K.; et al. Journal Article Changes in Flow, Habitat Change Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions
Risk Retirement for Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Copping, A.; Freeman, M.; Overhus, D. Report Marine Energy Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise Seabirds, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals
Multi-scale Interaction between Wind Turbines and Coastal Processes: coupling OpenFAST with a regional coupled air-sea modeling system Wang, R.; Miles, T.; Brodie, J. Presentation Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Human Dimensions
The impacts of tidal energy development and sea-level rise in the Gulf of Maine Kresning, B.; Hashemi, M.; Neill, S.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
Measuring the hydraulic effect of hydrokinetic energy extraction in the Tanana River, Alaska Edgerly, E.; Ravens, T. Journal Article Riverine, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Interaction between hydrokinetic turbine wakes and sediment dynamics: array performance and geomorphic effects under different siting strategies and sediment transport conditions Musa, M.; Hill, C.; Guala, M. Journal Article Marine Energy, Riverine Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Simulating impacts of real-world wind farms on land surface temperature using the WRF model: physical mechanisms Xia, G.; Zhou, L.; Minder, J.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment
The Iowa Atmospheric Observatory: Revealing the Unique Boundary Layer Characteristics of a Wind Farm Takle, E.; Rajewski, D.; Purdy, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment
The VERTEX field campaign: observations of near-ground effects of wind turbine wakes Archer, C.; Wu, S.; Vasel-Be-Hagh, A.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Changes in Flow
Costs and consequences of wind turbine wake effects arising from uncoordinated wind energy development Lundquist, J.; DuVivier, K.; Kaffine, D.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Land-Based Wind Changes in Flow Social & Economic Data, Human Dimensions
Nonlocal Inadvertent Weather Modification Associated with Wind Farms in the Central United States Lauridsen, M.; Ancell, B. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment
The impact of wave energy converter arrays on wave-induced forcing in the surf zone O'Dea, A.; Haller, M.; Ozkan-Haller, H. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Performance and resilience of hydrokinetic turbine arrays under large migrating fluvial bedforms Musa, M.; Hill, C.; Sotiropoulos, F.; et al. Journal Article Riverine, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Sediment Transport, Physical Environment
Precipitation reduction during Hurricane Harvey with simulated offshore wind farms Pan, Y.; Yan, C.; Archer, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment
The Influence of Real‐World Wind Turbine Deployments on Local to Mesoscale Climate Pryor, S.; Barthelmie, R.; Shepherd, T. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Offshore Wind Sediment Stability Evaluation Framework Jones, C.; McWilliams, S.; Engelmann, G.; et al. Conference Paper Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Changes in Flow Physical Environment, Sediment Transport
Predictive model for local scour downstream of hydrokinetic turbines in erodible channels Musa, M.; Heisel, M.; Guala, M. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow, Habitat Change Physical Environment
A Modeling Study of Tidal Energy Extraction and the Associated Impact on Tidal Circulation in a Multi-Inlet Bay System of Puget Sound Wang, T.; Yang, Z. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Modelling Study of the Effects of Suspended Aquaculture Installations on Tidal Stream Generation in Cobscook Bay O'Donncha, F.; James, S.; Ragnoli, E. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Physical Environment
Benthic effects of artificial structures deployed in a tidal estuary Mendoza, M.; Henkel, S. Journal Article Changes in Flow, Habitat Change Invertebrates
Wave Energy Level and Geographic Setting Correlate with Florida Beach Water Quality Feng, Z.; Reniers, A.; Haus, B.; et al. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Changes in Flow
Wave Energy Converter Effects on Nearshore Wave Propagation Roberts, J.; Chang, G.; Jones, C. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow
Early Research Efforts at the Navy's Wave Energy Test Site Cross, P.; Rocheleau, R.; Vega, L.; et al. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wave Changes in Flow, EMF, Noise
Hydrodynamic Effects of Hydrokinetic Turbine Deployment in an Irrigation Canal Gunawan, B.; Roberts, J.; Neary, V. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Riverine Changes in Flow Physical Environment

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