Citation:
Andrew B. Gill, Offshore renewable energy: ecological implications of generating electricity in the coastal zone. Journal of Applied Ecology, 2005, Volume 42, Issue 4, pp605-615
Abstract:
Global scale environmental degradation and its links with non-renewable fossil
fuels have lead to an increasing interest in generating electricity from
renewable energy resources. Much of this interest centres on offshore renewable
energy developments (OREDs). The large scale of proposed OREDs will add to the
existing human pressures on coastal ecosystems, therefore any ecological costs
and benefits must be determined.