Research priorities for assessing potential impacts of emerging marine renewable energy technologies: Insights from developments in Wales (UK) |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centre for Applied Marine Sciences, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK;2. Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK;3. Natural Resources Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DW, UK;4. School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK;1. Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, QC, G1K 9A9, Canada;2. Département de génie mécanique, École de Technologie Supérieure, 1100 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canada;1. College of Agricultural Sciences / FCA / UNESP, Department of Bioprocess and Biotechnology, Botucatu, Brazil;2. College of Agricultural Sciences / FCA / UNESP, Department of Rural Engineering, Botucatu, Brazil;3. Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences, USP, São Paulo, Brazil;1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Ensenada, Baja California, C.P. 22860, Mexico;2. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico en Electroquímica, Tijuana, Baja California, C.P. 22444, Mexico;3. Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacán, 58060, Mexico;4. Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l’Environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), CNRS – Université Lyon I, Villeurbanne, France |
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| Abstract: | The marine renewable energy industry is expanding globally in response to increased energy demands and the desire to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Within the UK, Wales has the potential for the development of diverse marine renewable technologies, with a strong tidal range resource, areas of high tidal current energy, and a spatially limited wave energy resource. Targets have been set by the Welsh Government to increase the contribution of marine renewable energy to Wales' electricity generation, and the recent introduction of demonstration zones for tidal and wave energy aims to facilitate developers in device deployment. However, uncertainties remain about the potential impacts of devices, particularly for array scale deployments, planned at several sites, and for the extensive structures required to capture the tidal range resource. Here we review present knowledge of potential impacts, including physical, ecological and societal dimensions, and outline research priorities to provide a scientific basis on which to base decisions influencing the trajectory of Welsh marine renewable energy development. |
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| Keywords: | Wave energy Tidal lagoons Tidal energy Socio-economic impact Ecological impacts Electromagnetic fields |
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