nnovation Exchange Challenge: Acquiring actionable ecologic data in offshore wind farms

One of the key barriers to acquiring offshore wind farm consent conditions is lack of data on specific environmental impacts. Uncertainty on the scale of an impact is a difficult argument to make when applying for consent, with authorities and stakeholders leaning towards caution and taking a worst-case scenario approach to ensure impacts are not underestimated. Therefore, work that goes some way to improving certainty of key data gaps is important for the future of the offshore wind industry. Ocean Winds is in a rare position to conduct monitoring on offshore wind farms both during the development/construction phase and the operational phase. During the operational phase ecology monitoring is sometimes mandated by a regulator to ensure ongoing protection of specific species identified in the wind farm area during the development phase.

Find out more here: Innovation Exchange Challenge: Acquiring actionable ecologic data in offshore wind farms – Innovate UK Business Connect (ktn-uk.org)