Abstract
Offshore Wind Power Limited (OWPL) is proposing the development of the West of Orkney Windfarm (‘the Project’), an Offshore Windfarm (OWF), located approximately 23 kilometres (km) from the north coast of Scotland and 28 km from the west coast of Hoy, Orkney. Crown Estate Scotland (CES) awarded OWPL the Option Agreement Area (OAA) in January 2022 for the development of the proposed Project following the ScotWind leasing round which launched in June 2020.
OWPL are seeking Section 36 Consent for the offshore Project, as required under the Electricity Act 1989, a declaration under Section 36A of the Electricity Act 1989 to extinguish public rights of navigation so far as they pass through those places within the Scottish Marine Area where the Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs) will be located, and Marine Licences, as required under the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. This Offshore Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report supports these applications.
Volume 1
EIA Report - Non-technical Summary
EIA Report - Foreword and Contents
EIA Report - Chapter 1 - Introduction
EIA Report - Chapter 2 - Need for the Project
EIA Report - Chapter 3 - Planning Policy and Legislative Context
EIA Report - Chapter 4 - Site Selection, Consideration of Alternatives
EIA Report - Chapter 5 - Project Description
EIA Report - Chapter 6 - Stakeholder Engagement
EIA Report - Chapter 7 - EIA Methodology
EIA Report - Chapter 8 - Marine Physical and Coastal Processes
EIA Report - Chapter 9 - Water and Sediment Quality
EIA Report - Chapter 10 - Benthic Subtidal and Intertidal Ecology
EIA Report - Chapter 11 - Fish and Shellfish Ecology
EIA Report - Chapter 12 - Marine Mammals and Megafauna
EIA Report - Chapter 13 - Offshore and Intertidal Ornithology
EIA Report - Chapter 14 - Commercial Fisheries
EIA Report - Chapter 15 - Shipping and Navigation
EIA Report - Chapter 16 - Marine Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
EIA Report - Chapter 17 - Military and Aviation
EIA Report - Chapter 18 - Seascape, Landscape and Visual Assessment
EIA Report - Chapter 19 - Socio-economics
EIA Report - Chapter 20 - Other Sea Users
EIA Report - Chapter 21 - Onshore EIA Summary
EIA Report - Chapter 22 - Summary of Mitigation and Monitoring
EIA Report - Chapter 23 - Conclusions and Next Steps
Volume 2
Supporting Study 1 - Climate and Carbon Assessment
Supporting Study 2 - Major Accidents and Disasters
Supporting Study 3 - Marine Physical and Coastal Processes
Supporting Study 4 - Benthic Intertidal and Subtidal Baseline Report
Supporting Study 5 - Benthic Environmental Baseline Report
Supporting Study 6 - Intertidal Survey Habitat Assessment
Supporting Study 7 - Fish and Shellfish Baseline Report
Supporting Study 8 - Digital Video Aerial Survey Methodology and Marine Mammal Results
Supporting Study 9 - Marine Mammal and Megafauna Baseline Report
Supporting Study 10 - Marine Mammal and Underwater Noise Impact Assessment
Supporting Study 11 - Underwater Noise Modelling Report
Supporting Study 12 - Offshore Ornithology Technical Supporting Study
Supporting Study 13 - Commercial Fisheries Baseline Report
Supporting Study 14 - Navigational Risk Assessment
Supporting Study 15 - Marine Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Gazetteer of Sites
Supporting Study 16 - SLVIA Viewpoint Assessment
Supporting Study 17 - SLVIA Zone of Theoretical Visibility and Visualisations Methodologies
Supporting Study 18 - SLVIA Night-time Lighting Assessment
Supporting Study 21 - Methodology used to Quantify GVA and Employment Effects
Supporting Study 22 - Marine Archaeology Onshore Setting Supporting Figures
Volume 3
OMP1 - Outline Management Plan
OMP2 - Outline Marine mammal Mitigation Protocol Geophysical UXO and Piling
OMP3 - Outline Fisheries Management and Mitigation Strategy
OMP4 - Outline Navigation Safety and Vessel Management Plan
OMP5 - Outline Aids to Navigation Management Plan
OMP6 - Outline Lighting and Marking Plan
Outline Biodiversity Enhancement Plan
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