A review of modeling approaches for understanding and monitoring the environmental effects of marine renewable energy

KE Buenau, L Garavelli, LG Hemery… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Understanding the environmental effects of marine energy (ME) devices is fundamental for
their sustainable development and efficient regulation. However, measuring effects is …

A review of tidal current power generation farm planning: Methodologies, characteristics and challenges

Z Yang, Z Ren, H Li, Z Pan, W Xia - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Tidal current energy is regarded as a promising renewable energy with strong predictability
and high energy density advantages. Tidal current power generation farm (TCPGF) planning …

'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 …

Sympatric seals, satellite tracking and protected areas: habitat-based distribution estimates for conservation and management

MID Carter, L Boehme, MA Cronin, CD Duck… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Marine predator populations are crucial to the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Like
many predator taxa, pinnipeds face an increasingly complex array of natural and …

Marine mammal HiCUP: A high current underwater platform for the long-term monitoring of fine-scale marine mammal behavior around tidal turbines

D Gillespie, M Oswald, G Hastie… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Arrays of tidal turbines are being considered for tidally energetic coastal sites which can be
important habitat for many species of marine mammal. Understanding risks to marine …

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

AE Copping, 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 …

Animal displacement from marine energy development: Mechanisms and consequences

LG Hemery, L Garavelli, AE Copping, H Farr… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
For marine wave and tidal energy to successfully contribute to global renewable energy
goals and climate change mitigation, marine energy projects need to expand beyond small …

Status and Challenges of Marine Current Turbines: A Global Review

Y Gu, T Zou, H Liu, Y Lin, H Ren, Q Li - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, marine current energy utilization has transitioned from
conceptual demonstrations to industrial-scale prototypes. This progression now approaches …

The application of neural networks to classify dolphin echolocation clicks

V Seydi, L Chapuis, G Veneruso, S Balaguru, N Bristow… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) is a common approach to monitor marine mammal
populations, for species of dolphins, porpoises and whales that use sound for navigation …

Automated detection and tracking of marine mammals in the vicinity of tidal turbines using multibeam sonar

D Gillespie, G Hastie, J Montabaranom… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Understanding how marine animals behave around tidal turbines is essential if we are to
quantify how individuals and populations may be affected by the installation of these devices …