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• Ocean energy generating technologies
  • Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
    • History
    • Closed-cycle
    • Open-cycle
    • Economic Outlook
    • Hybrid-cycle
    • Siting
    • Cost and Economics
    • Environmental Impacts
    • Current Installations
    • Additional Uses
    • References
  • Offshore oil and gas case studies
    • Atlantis Dual Gas and Oil Platform Case Study
  • Offshore solar case studies
    • Yamakura Floating Solar Case Study
  • Offshore Wind Energy
    • Offshore wind farm case studies
      • A Case Study of the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm
      • Anholt Wind Farm
      • Belwind Offshore Wind Farm Case Study
      • Case Study: Scroby Sands Wind Farm
      • Case Study: North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm
      • Case Study: The Balnamoon Wind Energy Project
      • Greater Gabbard Wind Farm: A Case Study
      • London Array Wind Farm
      • Northwind Wind Farm
      • Nysted Wind Farm – Stephan Hearn, Dan Huddleston, Sam Robertson
      • Thornton Bank Wind Farm
      • Wolfe Island Wind Farm: Not in my Backyard now…
    • History of Wind Energy
    • Logistics
    • The Current State of Wind Energy in the United States and North Carolina
    • Environmental Impacts of Inshore and Offshore Wind Installations
      • Avian Disruption
      • Benthic Communities
      • Endangered and Threatened Species Off the Coast of North Carolina
      • Fishing Industry
      • Increased Boat Traffic
      • Noise Pollution
      • Transmission Lines
    • Economic Cost and Capacity
    • The Future of Offshore Wind Energy: Bigger is Better
    • Strategies to Reduce Negative Environmental Effects
    • Works Cited
  • Tidal Current Energy
    • How It Works
    • Tidal energy case studies
      • A Case Study of the Paimpol-Brehat Tidal Energy Farm
      • Case Study: Andritz Hydro Hammerfest Tidal Turbine
      • Case Study: Muskeget Channel Tidal
      • What’s lurking underwater could be the next energy solution
    • Types of Devices
    • Requirements for Turbine Location
      • Another Consideration
    • Present Installations
    • Gulf Stream Potential
  • Tidal Range
    • Tidal Barrage
      • Tidal Lagoons
    • Current Installations Around the World
    • Tidal Power Generation in Wales
  • Wave
    • Anaconda Wave Converter Device Research
    • Attenuators
      • How it Works
    • Case Study: CETO La Reunion
    • Global Wave Resources
    • Links for Further Reading
    • Oscillating Water Column
    • Oscillating Water Column Devices
    • Overtopping Terminator
    • Point Absorbers: The Technology and Innovations
    • Surge Converters
      • Devices and Current Developments
        • Current Developments
        • Device Profiles
          • Vertical Hinged Flap
          • Modified Hinged Flap
          • Orbital Movement
      • Environmental Effects
        • Construction and Decomission
        • Operation
      • How does it work?
        • What are some variations of a surge converter?
        • What are the efficiencies of the devices?
      • What in the future for these devices?
        • How is it better than other renewable technologies?
    • Wave energy case studies
      • A Case Study on Wave Energy: Port Kembla, Australia
      • Case Study: CETO La Reunion
• Environmental Stressors
  • Acoustic Stressors
    • Acoustic Effects – Cephalopods
    • Acoustic Effects – Fish
    • Acoustic Effects – Marine Mammals
    • Acoustic Effects – People
    • Acoustic Effects – Species-specific metric
    • Acoustic Stressors Source Page
  • Chemical Stressors
    • Biomemetic and Bioinspired Materials
    • Change in Water Column Chemistry
    • Environmental Impacts of Antifouling Materials
    • Leaking of Hydraulic and Working Fluids
    • Physical Changes to Wave, Tides, and Currents
    • Source Page : Chemical Stressors
  • Electromagnetic Field Stressors
    • Electromagnetic Fields Stressors Source Page
    • EM Effects – Benthic Organisms
    • EM Effects – Elasmobranchii
    • EM Effects – Fish
    • EM Effects – Marine Mammals
    • EM Effects – Sea Turtles
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