Documentary summary of the environmental impact of renewable marine energy

Biological/Ecological Effects, Geophysics/Hydrodynamics: Sotta, C., P. Le Niliot, C. Lefeuvre, and A. Carlier. (2012)

Task 3.2 of WP3 of the MERiFIC Project. Report prepared within the framework of the MERiFIC Project “Marine Energy in Far Peripheral Island Communities”.Parc naturel marine d’Iroise.

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The scientific literature points out that the potential impacts of this type of activity will be different depending on the various phases of construction, operation and dismantling. These effects are of concern as they will have an impact on habitats and species displacement, changes in turbidity of the water, effects on species associated with vibrations and noise, the magnetic fields of cable networks, the effects of collisions with birds

Keywords: ecological implications