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Environmental Effects

This portion of the West Coast Framework supports the evaluation of potential environmental effects of wave energy projects by identifying relevant information requirements, synthesizing existing information, and identifying and prioritizing key data gaps.  Each entry covers a potential effect of wave energy development, and each entry includes an Introduction, Brief Review of Information, Data Gap Analysis, and Options to Address Key Data Gaps.  The Options to Address Key Data Gaps include the stakeholder feedback on each option.

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Above Water Collision

Haulout and Roosting

Lighting

Fish Attraction Device and Artificial Reef Effects

Underwater Collision

Entanglement-Entrapment

Wave Energy, Currents, Sediment Transport

Electromagnetic Fields

Sound and Acoustics

Chemicals

Land Based Effects

Environmental Risk Assessment

 

Note: At present, this content is applicable only to wave energy technologies; however, it may be expanded in the future to include other ocean renewables, like offshore wind and tidal energy, on the west coast. 

This portion of the West Coast Framework was developed by Pacific Energy Ventures under funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Oregon Wave Energy Trust.

Last modified at 10/21/2011 10:54 AM  by Anna Hofford