| Worldwide Synthesis and Analysis of Existing Information Regarding Environmental Effects of Alternative Energy Uses on the Outer Continental Shelf
- Under contract to the MMS, RPI identified and synthesized existing information on offshore alternative energy activities for the following topics:
- Current offshore energy technologies and future trends;
- How public acceptance of existing projects was or was not achieved;
- Potential direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of offshore energy technologies; Previously used mitigation measures that could avoid, minimize, rectify, eliminate, or compensate for environmental impacts;
- Current physical and numerical models designed to determine environmental impacts; and Information needs to address gaps in our current understanding of environmental impacts.
We delivered a database of over 800 documents that will be available on-line through MMS.
We also organized a workshop for MMS to involve stakeholders in identification of information needs, with 144 attendees.
Products:
Michel, J., Dunagan, H., Boring, C., Healy, E., Evans, W., Dean, J.M., McGillis, A. and Hain, J. 2007. Worldwide Synthesis and Analysis of Existing Information Regarding Environmental Effects of Alternative Energy Uses on the Outer Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA, MMS OCS Report 2007-038. 254 pp.
Michel, J. and Burkhard, E. 2007. Workshop to Identify Alternative Energy Environmental Information Needs: Workshop Summary. U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA, MMS OCS Report 2007-057. 55 pp. + appendices. | |
