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Resource Documents: Offshore (27 items)Unless indicated otherwise, documents presented here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch. These resource documents are shared here to assist anyone wishing to research the issue of industrial wind power and the impacts of its development. The information should be evaluated by each reader to come to their own conclusions about the many areas of debate. • The copyrights reside with the sources indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Effect of particles from wind turbine blades erosion on blue mussels Mytilus edulisAuthor: Bedulina, Daria; et al. | Germany, Wildlife Highlights First controlled lab experiment to study biological effects of LEE particles Application of an innovative analytical toolbox for effect assessment Enrichment factors for metals and metalloids determined in M. edulis ranged between 0.93 and 6.1 Metabolite investigation of the mussels’ entire soft body tissue revealed only weak MP-induced changes Abstract Offshore wind farms (OWFs) pose new anthropogenic pressures on the marine environment as the erosion of turbine blades release organic and inorganic substances with potential consequences for marine life. . . . More »Potential Hydrodynamic Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy on Nantucket Shoals Regional Ecology: An Evaluation from Wind to WhalesAuthor: Committee on Evaluation of Hydrodynamic Modeling and Implications for Offshore Wind Development; and Ocean Studies Board | Environment, Massachusetts, Wildlife The transition to renewable energy has spurred many efforts to scale up the U.S. portfolio of efficient clean energy resources, including the development of offshore wind farms. The Nantucket Shoals region off the coast of Massachusetts is the first large scale wind farm installation under development in U.S. waters. To ensure Nantucket Shoals region offshore wind energy installations are being planned, constructed, and developed in an environmentally responsible way, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) asked the National Academies . . . More »Evidence that offshore wind energy vessel surveys are the cause of the recent New Jersey whale and dolphin deathsAuthor: Save LBI | New Jersey, Wildlife The evidence that offshore wind energy vessel surveys are the cause of the recent New Jersey whale and dolphin deaths consists of the following elements, listed below and then each presented in detail in the original document. There have been recent unprecedented spikes in whale deaths The deaths began when the number of vessel surveys increased. The time and place of the whale deaths coincides with survey vessel presence. The use of an unsupported low noise source level and a . . . More »Windpower and WhalesAuthor: Green Oceans | Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Wildlife Will our environmental laws ensure the protection of endangered species? Revolution Wind alone will potentially violate the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Bald and Golden Eagles Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, by threatening the existence of fourteen endangered species: four whale species, two turtle species, one fish species, four bird species, two eagle species, and one bat species. The Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act require agencies both to protect . . . More »
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