Potential environmental effects of marine renewable energy development—the state of the science

AE Copping, LG Hemery, DM Overhus… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Marine renewable energy (MRE) harnesses energy from the ocean and provides a low-
carbon sustainable energy source for national grids and remote uses. The international …

Are fish in danger? A review of environmental effects of marine renewable energy on fishes

AE Copping, LG Hemery, H Viehman, AC Seitz… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many fish species are threatened worldwide by overfishing, contamination, coastal
development, climate change, and other anthropogenic activities. Marine renewable energy …

[HTML][HTML] A bibliometric review on the implications of renewable offshore marine energy development on marine species

SS Kulkarni, DJ Edwards - Aquaculture and Fisheries, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing global demand for sustainable and environmentally friendly energy has
stimulated the rapid adoption of renewable offshore energy. However, infrastructure needed …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-economic and environmental impacts of renewable energy deployments: A review

D Virah-Sawmy, B Sturmberg - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2025 - Elsevier
Mitigating global warming requires the rapid deployment of renewable energy (RE) systems
throughout all parts of the world economy. A crucial step for such deployments is the …

Quantifying the effects of tidal turbine array operations on the distribution of marine mammals: Implications for collision risk

J Onoufriou, DJF Russell, D Thompson, SE Moss… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Owing to their predictability, tidal currents are an attractive source of renewable energy.
However, data on the environmental impacts, especially at array scale, are lacking. We …

Resolving the variability in habitat use by juvenile small pelagic fish in a major tidal system by continuous echosounder measurements

MAM Maathuis, B Couperus, J van der Molen… - Marine Ecology …, 2024 - int-res.com
Shallow coastal areas are important nurseries for larvae and juveniles of many fish species.
However, empirical data on small pelagic fish (SPF) in such regions are lacking, and …

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 …

Harbour porpoises exhibit localized evasion of a tidal turbine

D Gillespie, L Palmer, J Macaulay… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tidal energy generators have the potential to injure or kill marine animals, including small
cetaceans, through collisions with moving turbine parts. Information on the fine scale …

Investigating biophysical linkages at tidal energy candidate sites: a case study for combining environmental assessment and resource characterisation

C Scherelis, I Penesis, MA Hemer, R Cossu, JT Wright… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
As the tidal energy industry looks to expand into commercial-scale array installations,
uncertainty in methodology and outcome for environmental impact assessments can …

'Scaling up'our understanding of environmental effects of marine renewable energy development from single devices to large-scale commercial arrays

DJ Hasselman, LG Hemery, AE Copping… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global expansion of marine renewable energy (MRE) technologies is needed to help
address the impacts of climate change, to ensure a sustainable transition from carbon-based …