Knowledge Base - Wind Energy

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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
Regulations for Bat Protection in Mexico's Wind Farms Uribe, M.; Aguilera, J.; Villada-Canela, M.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats, Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
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
Wind energy potential assessment for Mexico's Yucatecan Shelf García-Caballero, E.; Appendini, C.; Figueroa-Espinoza, B.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions
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
Harnessing Offshore Wind Energy along the Mexican Coastline in the Gulf of Mexico—An Exploratory Study including Sustainability Criteria Galvez, G.; Liévano, D.; Martínez, O.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions
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
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
In search of wind farm sustainability on the Yucatan coast: Deficiencies and public perception of Environmental Impact Assessment in Mexico Zárate-Toledo, E.; Wood, P.; Patiño, R. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Major threats to a migratory raptor vary geographically along the eastern Mediterranean flyway Oppel, S.; Arkumarev, V.; Bakari, S,; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Birds, Passerines, Raptors
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
Environmental Assessment of the Impacts and Benefits of a Salinity Gradient Energy Pilot Plant Marin-Coria, E.; Silva, R.; Enriquez, C.; et al. Journal Article Marine Energy, Salinity Gradient Changes in Flow, Chemicals, Habitat Change Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment
La urgencia de hacer Restauración ecológica en México Mendez-Toribio, M.; Izquierdo- Calderón, N.; Martinez-Garza, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, Habitat Change Bats, Birds
The Conservational State of Coastal Ecosystems on the Mexican Caribbean Coast: Environmental Guidelines for Their Management Guimarais, M.; Zuniga-Rios, A.; Cruz-Ramirez, C.; et al. Journal Article Chemicals Ecosystem Processes, Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
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
Social impact of wind energy in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico, using Likert-fuzzy Martínez-Mendoza, E.; Rivas-Tovar, L.; Fernández-Echeverría, E.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
The effectiveness of the social impact assessment (SIA) in energy transition management: Stakeholders' insights from renewable energy projects in Mexico Martinez, N.; Komendantova, N. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal, Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
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
Glucocorticoid profiles in frugivorous bats on wind farms in the Mexican tropics Medina-Cruz, G.; Salame-Méndez, A.; Briones-Salas, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
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
Estimates of aerial vertebrate mortality at wind farms in a bird migration corridor and bat diversity hotspot Cabrera-Cruz, S.; Cervantes-Pasqualli, J.; Franquesa-Soler, M.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats, Birds
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
Contentious Dynamics Within the Social Turbulence of Environmental (In)justice Surrounding Wind Energy Farms in Oaxaca, Mexico Ramírez, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions
Impactos Ambientales de la Energía Eólica (Environmental Impacts of the Wind Energy) Hernández-Galvez, G.; Pampillón-González, L.; Hernández-Almenares, L. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change, Noise Bats, Birds, Physical Environment, Visual Impacts
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
Justice, social exclusion and indigenous opposition: A case study of wind energy development on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico Zárate-Toledo, E.; Patiño, R.; Fraga, J. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Wind energy farms’ impacts on environmental justice and human rights Ramírez, J. Report Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Mortalidad incidental de aves paseriformes en un parque eólico del noroeste de México (Incidental mortality of passerine birds in a wind farm in northwestern Mexico) Uribe-Rivera, A.; Guevara-Carrizales, A.A; Ruiz-Campos, G. Journal Article Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
From global to local: impact assessment and social implications related to wind energy projects in Oaxaca, Mexico Huesca-Pérez, M.; Sheinbaum-Pardo, C.; Köppel, J. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
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
Offshore wind energy resource assessment under techno-economic and social-ecological constraints Magar, V.; Gross, M.; González-García, L. Journal Article Fixed Offshore Wind Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
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
Composition and activity of arthropodivorous bat community in wind farms in the Mexican Tropics Garcia-Luis, M.; Briones-Salas, M. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Bats
Effects of a wind farm installation on the understory bat community of a highly biodiverse tropical region in Mexico Briones-Salas, M.; Lavariega, M.; Moreno, C. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Bats
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
A Bridge Between Oceans: Overland Migration of Marine Birds in a Wind Energy Corridor Lamb, J.; Newstead, D.; Koczur, L.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Birds, Seabirds
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
Response of migrating raptors to an increasing number of wind farms Cabrera-Cruz, S.; Villegas-Patraca, R. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Habitat Change Raptors, Birds
Energia Eólica e os Impactos Ambientais: Um Estudo de Revisão Azevedo, J. P.; Nascimento, R. S; Schram, I. B. Journal Article Wind Energy
Bats in a tropical wind farm: species composition and importance of the spatial attributes of vegetation cover on bat fatalities Bolivar-Cime, B.; Bolivar-Cime, A.; Cabrera-Cruz, S.; et al. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Collision Bats
Mexican energy reform, climate change, and energy justice in indigenous communities Baker, S. Journal Article Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind Human Dimensions
Murciélagos en los alrededores de los parques eólicos del Istmo de Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México Briones-Salas, M.; Martin-Regalado, N. Journal Article Land-Based Wind Bats
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
Social implications of siting wind energy in a disadvantaged region–The case of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico Huesca-Pérez, M.; Sheinbaum-Pardo, C.; Köppel, J. Journal Article Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data

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