Marine Energy

The generation of renewable energy from tides, waves, currents, salinity, and temperature gradients in the oceans, seas, and rivers.

Marine renewable energy (MRE), also known as ocean energy or marine and hydrokinetic energy (MHK), refers to the various ways to generate electricity from the world’s oceans, seas, and rivers. Movement of water occurs naturally in these bodies of water in the form of waves, tides, and currents. Although many are in early stages of research and development, there is a wide variety of MRE technologies capable of generating electricity from the movement of water, as well as from differences in water temperature and salinity.

The relevant technologies can be classified into the following categories:

The environmental concerns associated with MRE technologies vary substantially based on the technology type, device design, and location. The primary environmental concerns typically encompass animal collisions with dynamic devices, impacts from underwater noise, and concerns about changes to the physical environment.

Please note: Tethys classifies offshore wind energy separately from MRE.

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Affiliated Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Total results: 3349
Title Author Date Content Type Technology Stressor Receptor
Sediment Burial Intolerance of Marine Macroinvertebrates Hendrick, V., Hutchison, Z., Last, K. Journal Article Marine Energy Invertebrates
Biofouling Community Composition across a Range of Environmental Conditions and Geographical Locations Suitable for Floating Marine Renewable Energy Generation Macleod, A., Stanley, M., Day, J. Journal Article Marine Energy Habitat Change Invertebrates
The expected efficiency and coastal impact of a hybrid energy farm operating in the Portuguese nearshore Onea, F., Rusu, E. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Physical Environment
The Port Fairy Pilot Wave Energy Project Environmental Management Plan BioPower Systems Report Marine Energy, Wave Environmental Impact Assessment
Spatiotemporal drivers of seabird distribution at the Pacific Marine Energy Center off Newport, OR Porquez, J. Thesis Marine Energy, Wave Birds, Seabirds
Anthropogenic Sources of Underwater Sound can Modify how Sediment-Dwelling Invertebrates Mediate Ecosystem Properties Solan, M., Hauton, C., Godbold, J. Journal Article Marine Energy, Riverine Noise Invertebrates
The Use of an Unsupervised Learning Approach for Characterizing Latent Behaviours in Accelerometer Data Chimienti, M., Cornulier, T., Owen, E. Journal Article Marine Energy Marine Mammals
Galway Bay Marine and Renewable Energy Test Site Foreshore Lease Application Environmental Report The Marine Institute Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Funding the Development of the Ocean Energy Industry in Ireland Marine Renewables Industry Association (MRIA) Report Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
Interaction between instream axial flow hydrokinetic turbines and uni-directional flow bedforms Hill, C., Musa, M., Guala, M. Journal Article Tidal, Ocean Current, Marine Energy Physical Environment
Underwater Noise Modelling for Environmental Impact Assessment Farcas, A., Thompson, P., Merchant, N. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Noise Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment
Potential Impact of Submarine Power Cables on Crab Harvest Bull, A., Nishimoto, M. Conference Paper Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Attraction, Avoidance, EMF Invertebrates
Nova Bluemull Sound - Appropriate Assessment Marine Scotland Science Report Marine Energy, Tidal Seabirds, Marine Mammals
Ecological and morphological traits predict depth-generalist fishes on coral reefs Bridge, T., Luiz, O., Coleman, R. Journal Article Marine Energy, Wave Fish
Characterizing Large River Sounds: Providing Context for Understanding the Environmental Effects of Noise Produced by Hydrokinetic Turbines Bevelhimer, M., Deng, D., Scherelis, C. Journal Article Marine Energy, Riverine Noise
Seabird Counts at East Caithness Cliffs SPA for Marine Renewable Casework Swann, B. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind Birds, Seabirds
Identification of marine chemical contaminants released from sea-based sources Tornero, V., Hanke, G. Report Marine Energy Chemicals
Measurement of Underwater Operational Noise Emitted by Wave and Tidal Stream Energy Devices Lepper, P., Robinson, S. Book Chapter Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave Noise
Numerical simulation of current field around tidal current turbines Zhang, J., Kitazawa, D. Journal Article Marine Energy, Tidal Changes in Flow
Environmental aspects and economics of salinity gradient power (SGP) processes Papapetrou, M., Kumpavat, K. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient, Marine Energy Human Dimensions
Effects of Underwater Turbine Noise on Crab Larval Metamorphosis Pine, M., Jeffs, A., Radford, C. Book Chapter Marine Energy, Tidal Noise Invertebrates
Challenge of Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring in High-Energy Environments: UK Tidal Environments and Other Case Studies Booth, C. Book Chapter Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy
Data Based Estimates of Collision Risk: An Example Based on Harbour Seal Tracking Data around a Proposed Tidal Turbine Array in the Pentland Firth Thompson, D., Onoufriou, J., Brownlow, A. Report Marine Energy, Tidal Attraction, Avoidance, Collision Marine Mammals, Pinnipeds
The Spatial Ecology and Biological Responses of Wild Fishes Relative to Hydropower Development on the Winnipeg River Struthers, D. Thesis Marine Energy, Riverine Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish
A Self-Contained Subsea Platform for Acoustic Monitoring of the Environment Around Marine Renewable Energy Devices - Field Deployments at Wave and Tidal Energy Sites in Orkney, Scotland Williamson, B., Blondel, P., Armstrong, E. Journal Article Wave, Tidal, Marine Energy Collision Marine Mammals, Fish, Birds
Establishing a legal research agenda for ocean energy Wright, G., O'Hagan, A., Groot, J. Journal Article Marine Energy Legal & Policy, Human Dimensions
Developing Sound Exposure Criteria for Fishes Hawkins, A., Popper, A. Book Chapter Marine Energy Noise Fish, Human Dimensions
The potential impacts of submarine power cables on benthic elasmobranchs Orr, M. Thesis Marine Energy, Wind Energy EMF Fish, Demersal Fish
Determining the Infrastructure Needs to Support Offshore Floating Wind and Marine Hydrokinetic Facilities on the Pacific West Coast and Hawaii Porter, A., Phillips, S. Report Marine Energy, Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind Human Dimensions
Refining Estimates of Collision Risk for Harbour Seals and Tidal Turbines Band, B., Sparling, C., Thompson, D. Report Tidal, Marine Energy Collision Pinnipeds, Marine Mammals
A Methodology for Multi-Criteria Design of Multi-Use Offshore Platforms for Marine Renewable Energy Harvesting Zanuttigh, B., Angelelli, E., Kortenhaus, A. Journal Article Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind, Marine Energy Human Dimensions
The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II Popper, A., Hawkins, A. Book Marine Energy, Wind Energy Noise
Capturing Energy from the Motion of the Ocean in a Crowded Sea Plummer, M., Feist, B. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Marine Spatial Planning, Human Dimensions
Variability in Suspended Sediment Concentration in the Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy, and Implications for Changes due to Tidal Power Extraction Ashall, L., Mulligan, R., Law, B. Journal Article Tidal, Marine Energy Changes in Flow Sediment Transport, Physical Environment
Exploring the winners and losers of marine environmental governance Flannery, W., Ellis, G., Nursery-Bray, M. Journal Article Marine Energy Human Dimensions, Marine Spatial Planning
Expert Elicitation Methods in Quantifying the Consequences of Acoustic Disturbance from Offshore Renewable Energy Developments Donovan, C., Harwood, J., King, S. Book Chapter Marine Energy Noise
Decision Support Model on Environmental Impact and Economic Evaluation for Marine Renewable Energy – Case Study on Penghu Archipelago Chang, Y.-C. Thesis Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy Habitat Change Physical Environment, Human Dimensions, Social & Economic Data
Using kernel density estimation to explore habitat use by seabirds at a marine renewable wave energy test facility Leesa, K., Guerin, A., Masden, E. Journal Article Wave, Marine Energy Seabirds, Birds
Evaluating Statistical Models for Baseline Characterization and Measuring Change in Environmental Monitoring Data Linder, H. Thesis Marine Energy Noise
Learning from Early Commercial Tidal Energy Projects in the Puget Sound, Washington and the Pentland Firth, Scotland McMillin, N. Thesis Marine Energy, Tidal Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy
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