A Risk Retirement Pathway for Potential Effects of Underwater Noise and Electromagnetic Fields for Marine Renewable Energy
| Autor: | Mikaela C. Freeman, Andrea E. Copping, Alicia M. Gorton, Lenaïg G. Hemery |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Underwater noise Electromagnetic field Data collection 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences business.industry Process (engineering) 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology 01 natural sciences Renewable energy Risk analysis (engineering) Marine energy Environmental science business 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE SEATTLE. |
| Popis: | Commercial marine renewable energy (MRE) developments can take extended periods of time to progress, in part due to complicated permitting processes that require expensive data collection and data review. Much of this delay is associated with uncertainty around potential effects of MRE on marine animals and habitats, leading regulators and stakeholders to believe that significant risks may exist. This paper acknowledges the state of scientific knowledge around MRE environmental effects and puts forward a process for risk retirement associated with early MRE developments, with a focus on the potential effects from underwater noise from wave and tidal devices, as well as potential effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) from export power cables on marine animals and habitats. This process was developed as part of the Ocean Energy Systems (OES) OES-Environmental task. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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