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

AE Cop**, 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 …

[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 …

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

AE Cop**, 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 …

Environmental impacts from large-scale offshore renewable-energy deployment

P Ouro, R Fernandez, A Armstrong… - Environmental …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The urgency to mitigate the effects of climate change necessitates an unprecedented global
deployment of offshore renewable-energy technologies mainly including offshore wind, tidal …

[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 …

'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 Cop**… - 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 …

[HTML][HTML] A probabilistic methodology for determining collision risk of marine animals with tidal energy turbines

AE Cop**, DJ Hasselman, CW Bangley… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Commercial development of tidal stream energy is hampered by technical and financial
challenges, and impeded by uncertainty about potential environmental effects that drive …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Waterbodies thermal energy based systems interactions with marine environment—A review

A Bordbar, K Georgoulas, YM Dai, S Michele… - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Waterbodies' thermal energy potential, as a green, renewable, and limitless source of
energy, can be exploited in response to the growing energy demands of islands and coastal …

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 …