AN UPDATE ON THE EXTENT OF MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC

There has been a rapid expansion of Marine Renewable Energy Developments (MREDs) – predominantly windfarms- in Northern Europe. Concerns have been raised that their potential impacts are not being adequately taken into account. This paper provides further information about the extent of MREDs in the...

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Main Authors: Vicki Brown, Mark P. Simmonds
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Marine Renewable Energy
noise
UK
Europe
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.231.8689
http://www.wdcs.org/submissions_bin/SC-60-E6-windfarms.pdf
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Summary:There has been a rapid expansion of Marine Renewable Energy Developments (MREDs) – predominantly windfarms- in Northern Europe. Concerns have been raised that their potential impacts are not being adequately taken into account. This paper provides further information about the extent of MREDs in the region, revealing that there are at least 50 existing, under construction or planned windfarms.

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