On April 9, 2013 the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jointly hosted a seminar to showcase recent developments in research on the environmental effects of Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies. Experts in a number of fields came together to share new developments on topics such as baseline and monitoring data collection, instrumentation, modeling and experimentation, and synthesis and dissemination. With representatives of many Federal agencies attending (FERC, BOEM, NMFS, FWS, NPS, Navy), the seminar was able to share this important scientific information with a regulatory audience. This information is now shared here with the Tethys community. Below you will find video recordings of the speakers along with copies of their presentations.
Baseline and Monitoring Data Collection
Monitoring at NNMREC's Ocean Sentinel off the Oregon Coast
Belinda Batten, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Benthic Habitat Surveys for Informing Renewable Energy Development in the Pacific Northwest
Sarah Henkel, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Gayle Zydlewski, University of Maine and Mark Grippo, Argonne National Laboratory
Instrumentation
Development of an Adaptable Monitoring Package for Marine Renewable Energy Projects
Brian Polagye, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Report: Post-Installation Environmental Monitoring Summary, P-12690
Development of Active Acoustic Monitoring (AAM) for Marine Mammals around MHK Devices
Peter Stein, Scientific Solutions Inc.
Modeling and Experimentation
Flume Measurements of Fish Behavior around Tidal Turbines
Paul Jacobson, Electric Power Research Institute & Mark Bevelhimer, Oakridge National Laboratory
Report: Evaluation of Fish Injury and Mortality Associated with Hydrokinetic Turbines
Flume Measurements of Fish Behavior around Tidal Turbines
Mark Bevelhimer, Oakridge National Laboratory
Report: Behavioral Responses of Representative Freshwater Fish Species to Electromagnetic Fields
Jesse Roberts, Sandia National Laboratories
Report: SNL-EFDC Model Application to Cobscook Bay ME
Report: SNL-EFDC Model Application to Scotlandville Bend, Mississippi River
Report: SNL-EFDC Simulations of MHK-Related Changes to Tidal Range and Flushing
Laboratory Evaluation of the Effects of Tidal Noise on Fish
Andrea Copping, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Report: Effects of Tidal Turbines Noise on Fish Hearing and Tissues
Synthesis and Dissemination
Andrea Copping, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Report: Environmental Effects of Marine Energy Development around the World: Annex IV Final Report