Knowledge Base - Wind Energy

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Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Sunrise Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats, Birds, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Decoding Golden Eagle Movement Behavior from High-Resolution, Variable-Rate Telemetry Data Through Bayesian Filtering Sandhu, R.; Tripp, C.; Quon, E.; et al. Conference Paper Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Raptors
Advanced Collision Detection and Site Monitoring for Avian and Bat Species for Offshore Wind Energy (Final Technical Report) Albertani, R.; Johnston, M. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Collision Bats, Birds
New England Wind COP Appendix III-G: Preliminary Terrestrial Archaeology Resources Report and Permit Applications Epsilon Associates Inc. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
New England Wind COP Appendix II-D: Marine Archaeological Resource Assessment Reports Gray & Pape Heritage Management; SEARCH, Inc.; Epsilon Associates Inc. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
New England Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Reptiles
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Great Lakes Wind Energy Feasibility Study Musial, W.; Green, R.; Courbis, S.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Floating Offshore Wind Bats, Birds, Physical Environment, Sediment Transport, Water Quality, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement, Visual Impacts
Long-term impact on the breeding birds of a semi-offshore island-based wind farm in Åland, Northern Baltic Sea Tanskanen, A.; Yrjola, R.; Oja, J.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy Attraction, Displacement Birds, Shorebirds
Biological Assessment: Revolution Wind Farm and Revolution Export Cable - Development and Operation BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats, Birds
Low-Carbon, Nature-Inclusive Concrete Gravity-Based Foundations for Offshore Wind Turbines Fried, S.; Ozkan, D.; Halldén, K.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Effects of vessel traffic and ocean noise on gray whale stress hormones Lemos, L.; Haxel, J.; Olsen, A.; et al. Journal Article Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Update on NREL’s 2020 Offshore Wind Resource Assessment for the California Pacific Outer Continental Shelf Bodini, N.; Rybchuk, A.; Optis, M.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind
Bluepoint Wind: Fisheries Communications Plan (FCP) Sea Risk Solutions Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Understanding Economic Impacts to the Commercial Surfclam Fishing Industry from Offshore Wind Energy Development Munroe, D.; Powell, E.; Klinck, J.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
Kitty Hawk North Wind COP Appendix W: Essential Fish Habitat Assessment Tetra Tech Inc. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish
Kitty Hawk North Wind COP Appendix V: Benthic Resource Characterization Reports RPS group Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Physical Environment
Kitty Hawk North Wind COP Appendix U: Assessment of the Potential Effects of the Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Project on Bats and Birds Biodiversity Research Institute Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats, Birds
Kitty Hawk North Wind COP Appendix S: Ornithological and Marine Fauna Aerial Survey Results APEM Ltd; Normandeau Associates Inc Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Fish
Kitty Hawk North Wind COP Appendix O: In-Air Acoustic Assessment Tetra Tech Inc. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise
Kitty Hawk North Wind COP Appendix M: Sediment Transport Modeling Report Tetra Tech Inc. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Physical Environment
Kitty Hawk North Wind COP Appendix J: Preliminary Cable Burial Risk Assessment Tetra Tech Inc. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Physical Environment
Kitty Hawk North Wind Construction and Operations Plan Tetra Tech Inc. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats, Birds, Fish
Kitty Hawk North Wind COP Appendix T: Offshore Bat Acoustic Survey Report Tetra Tech Inc. Report Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats
Golden Eagle Nesting Territory Distribution in Wind Energy Landscapes of the Southern Great Plains Stahlecker, D.; Wallace, Z.; Mikesic, D.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds
Selecting auditory alerting stimuli for eagles on the basis of auditory evoked potentials Goller, B.; Baumhardt, P.; Dominguez-Villegas, E.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Raptors
Evaluation of a coastal acoustic buoy for cetacean detections, bearing accuracy and exclusion zone monitoring Palmer, K. ; Tabbutt, S.; Gillespie, D.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Potential effects of energy development on environmental resources of the Williston Basin in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota US Geological Survey (USGS) Report
Event detection for avian and bat wildlife on wind turbine blades Drachnik, N. Thesis Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats, Birds
Categorizing Active Marine Acoustic Sources Based on Their Potential to Affect Marine Animals Ruppel, C.; Weber, T.; Staaterman, E.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
2020 Drop Camera Survey of Benthic Communities and Substrate in the 501N Study Area and an adjacent Control Area (Vineyard Wind) Stokesbury, K.; Riley, C.; Lego, C.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Invertebrates, Physical Environment
Passive Acoustic Telemetry as a Tool to Monitor the Baseline Presence and Persistence of Highly Migratory Fish Species in Popular Recreational Fishing Grounds within the Southern New England Wind Energy Area Gervelis, B.; Kneebone, J. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Displacement Fish, Pelagic Fish, Human Dimensions, Fisheries
National-scale impacts on wind energy production under curtailment scenarios to reduce bat fatalities Maclaurin, G.; Hein, C.; Williams, T.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision, Displacement Bats, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix O3: Sea Turtle and ESA-listed Fish Protected Species Mitigation and Monitoring Plan LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Fish, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix O2: Marine Mammal Protected Species Mitigation and Monitoring Plan Sunrise Wind Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix O1: Marine Mammal, Sea Turtle, and ESA-Listed Fish Assessment Stantec Consulting Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix N2: Ichthyoplankton Entrainment Assessment TRC Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix N1: Essential Fish Habitat Assessment INSPIRE Environmental Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix L: Onshore Ecological Assessment and Field Survey Report Stantec Consulting Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish, Physical Environment
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix J2: Onshore EMF Assessment Exponent Engineering P.C. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind EMF
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix J1: Offshore EMF Assessment Exponent Engineering P.C. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind EMF Fish, Marine Mammals, Reptiles
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix I3: Offshore In-Air Acoustic Assessment Stantec Consulting Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise
Sunrise Wind Construction and Operations Plan Stantec Consulting Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats, Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix P2: Post-construction Avian and Bat Monitoring Framework Wing Goodale, M.; Gilbert, A.; Stenhouse, I. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats, Birds
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix P1: Avian and Bat Risk Assessment Stantec Consulting Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Bats, Birds
Balancing future renewable energy infrastructure siting and associated habitat loss for migrating whooping cranes Ellis, K.; Pearse, A.; Brandt, D.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Attraction, Avoidance, Collision, Habitat Change Birds, Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment
Sunrise Wind COP Appendix I1: Underwater Acoustic Assessment Kusel, E.; Weirathmueller, M.; Koessler, M.; et al. Report Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Marine Mammals, Reptiles, Sea Turtles
Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of California Commercial Fisheries from 2005 to 2019 and Potential Overlap with Offshore Wind Energy Development Wang, Y-H.; Walter, R.; White, C.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Invertebrates, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning
Detection of Habitat Shifts of Cetacean Species: A Comparison Between 2010 and 2017 Habitat Suitability Conditions in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Chavez-Rosales, S.; Josephson, E.; Palka, D.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy Displacement, Habitat Change Marine Mammals, Cetaceans
Do views of offshore wind energy detract? A hedonic price analysis of the Block Island wind farm in Rhode Island Dong, L.; Lang, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data, Visual Impacts

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