Confusion reigns? A review of marine megafauna interactions with tidal-stream environments

S Benjamins, AC Dale, G Hastie… - … and marine biology …, 2015 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Energetic tidal-stream environments are characterized by frequent, variable, yet broadly
predictable currents containing ephemeral flow structures that change across multiple spatio …

A state-of-the-art review of structural testing of tidal turbine blades

TR Munaweera Thanthirige, J Goggins, M Flanagan… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over the last two decades, the tidal energy industry has laid the groundwork for creating
commercially viable tidal power generation projects to strengthen sustainable energy …

A self-contained subsea platform for acoustic monitoring of the environment around Marine Renewable Energy Devices–Field deployments at wave and tidal energy …

BJ Williamson, P Blondel, E Armstrong… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The drive towards sustainable energy has seen rapid development of marine renewable
energy devices (MREDs). The NERC/Defra collaboration FLOw, Water column and Benthic …

Assessing the effects of tidal stream marine renewable energy on seabirds: A conceptual framework

N Isaksson, EA Masden, BJ Williamson… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
We are at a crossroads where many nation states, including the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), are committing to increased electricity production from …

Empirical measures of harbor seal behavior and avoidance of an operational tidal turbine

R Joy, JD Wood, CE Sparling, DJ Tollit… - Marine Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
There is global interest in marine renewable energy from underwater tidal turbines. Due to
overlap in animal habitat with locations for tidal turbines, the potential for collisions has led …

Providing ecological context to anthropogenic subsea noise: Assessing listening space reductions of marine mammals from tidal energy devices

MK Pine, P Schmitt, RM Culloch, L Lieber… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The deployment of tidal energy arrays is gaining momentum to provide marine renewable
energy (MRE) to the global market. However, there are concerns over the potential impacts …

Research priorities for assessing potential impacts of emerging marine renewable energy technologies: Insights from developments in Wales (UK)

RC Roche, K Walker-Springett, PE Robins, J Jones… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The marine renewable energy industry is expanding globally in response to increased
energy demands and the desire to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Within the UK, Wales …

[HTML][HTML] To fly or not to fly? Comparing vantage point and uncrewed aerial vehicle surveys for assessments of seabird abundance and fine-scale distribution

MM Costagliola-Ray, L Lieber… - Environmental Impact …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine renewable energy developments (eg offshore wind, wave, and tidal) are an
increasing feature within the marine environment. It is therefore important to understand the …

Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) around an operational tidal turbine in Strangford Narrows: No barrier effect but small changes in transit behaviour

C Sparling, M Lonergan… - … : Marine and Freshwater …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Data were obtained from 32 electronic tags that were glued to the fur of harbour seals
(Phoca vitulina) in and around Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland, during the environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Characterisation of underwater operational sound of a tidal stream turbine

D Risch, N Van Geel, D Gillespie… - The Journal of the …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The underwater sound emitted during the operation of the Atlantis AR1500 turbine, a 1.5
MW three bladed horizontal axis tidal-stream turbine, was measured in the Pentland Firth …