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Copping et al.
OES-Environmental has developed Good Management Practices for the collection of social and economic data in order to provide greater standardization in baseline and development/operational data requested to support permitting/consenting MRE projects and to increase understanding of the social and economic benefits and effects of MRE…
- Presentation:
Copping et al.
Generation of low carbon energy is needed to mitigate climate change and to support the sustainable use of the oceans. Marine renewable energy (MRE)—largely the generation of power from waves and tides—can assist with this need. However, MRE technologies are new and their potential environmental effects on marine organisms, habitats, and ecosystem processes are shrouded in uncertainty, causing…
- Conference Paper:
Copping et al.
The marine renewable energy (MRE) industry is in the early stages of commercial development. In addition to the challenges of deploying and maintaining devices under harsh ocean conditions and transporting electricity to shore, concerns around potential environmental effects continue to slow permitting (consenting) processes. Regulators and stakeholders perceive a wide array of potential…
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Freeman et al.
Currently, the marine renewable energy (MRE) industry is struggling with high costs of baseline environmental assessments and post-installation monitoring, as well as long timelines for obtaining permits, leading to uncertainty and risk for financing projects. One solution to overcome such barriers and help advance the MRE industry could be the ability to transfer learning, analyses, and…
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Hemery et al.
The installation, presence, operation, and decommissioning of marine renewable energy (MRE) devices inevitably alters the surrounding ocean habitats. These changes may include direct effects on the benthos from the installation or removal of foundations and anchors, changes in community composition on and near devices, artificial reef effects, and indirect …
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Copping et al.
The OES-Environmental 2020 State of the Science Report: Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Development Around the World builds on and serves as an update and a complement to the …
- Presentation:
Freeman et al.
With only a few wave and tidal devices in the water and no long-term post-installation datasets available, there continue to be uncertainties around risks to marine animals and habitats from the deployment and operation of marine renewable energy (MRE) systems. Based on these uncertainties and lack of familiarity with MRE devices, regulators and stakeholders continue to perceive a wide array…
- Journal Article:
Copping et al.
Marine renewable energy (MRE) is under development in many coastal nations, adding to the portfolio of low carbon energy sources that power national electricity grids as well as off-grid uses in isolated areas and at sea. Progress in establishing the MRE industry, largely wave and tidal energy, has been slowed in part due to uncertainty about environmental risks of these devices, including…
- Conference Paper:
Freeman et al.
Marine renewable energy (MRE) can benefit from broad outreach and engagement with a wide variety of audiences to raise awareness, address concerns about potential environmental impacts, generate public support, build a future workforce, share progress on research and development, and succeed within the larger blue economy. OES-Environmental is an international initiative of 16 countries that…
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Copping et al.
Tethys is a free online knowledge hub with information and resources on the environmental effects of offshore wind and marine renewable energy (MRE), including wave, tidal, and ocean thermal. Key features include a documents library, an events calendar, archived webinars, a bi-weekly Tethys Blast newsletter, educational resources, international project metadata, and much more. This poster was…
- Conference Paper:
Freeman et al.
The marine renewable energy (MRE) industry has seen an increase in deployments over the past 10 years, particularly in Europe. However, other areas of the globe are still in the beginning stages of MRE development including the Americas. A small number of devices have been deployed in Canada and the United States, while South and Central America have seen very few if any devices in the water […
- Journal Article:
Copping et al.
Commercial development of tidal stream energy is hampered by technical and financial challenges, and impeded by uncertainty about potential environmental effects that drive environmental risk assessments and permitting (consenting) processes. The effect of greatest concern for operational tidal stream energy devices is the potential for marine animals to collide with turbine blades, resulting…
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Carlson et al.
In late 2011, representatives of the U.S. offshore wind industry approached the U.S. Department of Energy Wind and Waterpower Program staff to express concern that regulatory requirements to protect North Atlantic right whales (NARWs) are likely to impose stringent limitations on the process of offshore wind installation off the Atlantic Coast. This project was designed to evaluate the…
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Kaplan et al.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE) of the U.S. Department of the Interior (Department), formerly the Minerals Management Service, has jurisdiction over leasing and development of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) submerged lands for mineral development. The BOEMRE Pacific OCS Region is a significant source of oil and gas for the nation. To perform periodic…
- Conference Paper:
Copping et al.
The development of tidal energy technologies has progressed to where devices can be deployed, operated, maintained, and recovered with some level of assurance that they will and produce adequate levels of power. Equally important to further the tidal energy industry is the ability to site and gain regulatory permission to deploy and operate these devices. This paper sets out a framework for…
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Copping et al.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is initiating leasing of the seabed for offshore wind energy development on the outer continental shelf (OCS) in the Atlantic from Maine to Florida, with initial development planned for a series of Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) designated by the Department of Interior. Additional wind areas are under development and are currently considered to be Wind…
- Journal Article:
Copping et al.
Offshore wind energy development is planned for areas off the Atlantic coast. Many of the planned wind development areas fall within traditional commercial vessel routes. In order to mitigate possible hazards to ships and to wind turbines, it is important to understand the potential for increased risk to commercial shipping from the presence of wind farms. Risk is identified as the likelihood…
- Journal Article:
Copping et al.
Acceptance of wind energy development is challenged by stakeholders’ concerns about potential effects on the environment, specifically on wildlife, such as birds, bats, and (for offshore wind) marine animals, and the habitats that support them. Communities near wind energy developments are also concerned with social and economic impacts, as well as impacts on aesthetics, historical sites, and…
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Copping et al.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy (PRIMRE) provides broad access to marine energy data and information through its seven knowledge hubs. The PRIMRE team works to improve connections between data providers, subject matter experts, and the communities of people using marine energy data. PRIMRE and its knowledge hubs feature a variety…
- Journal Article:
Copping et al.
Marine renewable energy (MRE) is in the early stages of contributing to the energy portfolios of the United States and many other nations around the world. Although many MRE developers are designing devices that will harvest energy to contribute to the electrical grid from waves, tides, and ocean currents, a number of other promising maritime markets could be supplied with MRE power at sea.…
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