Ecological Research at the Offshore Windfarm alpha ventus Challenges, Results and Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, (Editor), Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2014.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Renewable energy resources.; Climate change.; Nature.; Environment.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

At present and over the next few years, large-scale windfarms are being installed far off the coast of Germany in the North and Baltic Sea, making a major contribution to electricity generation from renewable energy sources. One of the German government’s aims is to ensure the environmentally sound...

Table of Contents:

• Offshore development in Germany
• The alpha ventus offshore test site
• The RAVE research initiative
• The StUKplus research project
• Sensitive species and habitats
• Research on oceanography, geology, benthic organisms, fish, resting birds, bird migration, marine mammals, underwater sound
• Noise mitigation systems
• Cumulative effects.