As the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management was establishing their Alternative Energy project, RPI provided a timely synthesis of 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
  • Information needs to address gaps in our current understanding of environmental impacts
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The report synthesized the current knowledge of the impacts of wind, wave, and ocean current technologies on the following resource categories: physical processes, benthic resources, fishery resources, marine mammals, sea turtles, and flying animals. RPI was scored by BOEM as “Exceptional” for ALL categories: 1) Quality of Services; 2) Business Relations; 3) Management of Key Personnel; 4) Compliance with Labor, Environmental Safety, Health, and Security Requirements; and 5) Cost Management.