Abstract
Menter Môn Cyf (Menter Môn) is seeking a scoping opinion for the proposed Morlais Tidal Array (MTA) project, in accordance with the Transport and Works Act 1992 and the EIA Directive 2011/92/EU as amended by 2014/52/EU. Two earlier scoping reports have previously been submitted to Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and the Isle of Anglesey County Council (IoACC) in support of earlier versions of the MTA project, and are now superseded as a result of further development in the project design. The proposed installed capacity of the project has been increased in response to industry demand, and the Project is now seeking consent for an array of up to 240MW capacity and associated supporting infrastructure.
This report is submitted for the purpose of seeking a scoping opinion from the Welsh Government and other consultees including NRW, the MMO and IoACC on the revised scope of the Project.
This scoping report has been produced by Royal HaskoningDHV and includes a description of the proposed development, description of baseline environment as currently understood and a description of the approach to the EIA.