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Gareth Davies - Impact and Regulation For Renewable Energy
Gareth Davies - Impact and Regulation For Renewable Energy
Introduction to Aquatera
Based in Orkney Islands - one
of the worlds most exciting
energy areas
Environmental and energy
planning consultancy
Key numbers
over 50 people,
Work for:
30 marine technologies
10 marine array projects
30 wind projects
involving 15 countries,
comprising over 300 renewable
energy studies
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Baseline
sensitivities
& research
outputs
Planning
constraints
Operating
conditions
Physical
processes
Ecological
features
Test facilities
History &
culture
Technology trials
Supporting
infrastructure
Project arrays
Other
commerce
Local
communities
Monitoring
results &
operating
experience
Regional
businesses
Offshore
Strategic planning
Leasing
EIA process
Baseline studies
Near
shore
Impact assessment
Cumulative and trans-boundary
assessment
Mitigation, management and
optimisation plan
Marine licensing & onshore planning
Monitoring effects
Reporting outcomes
Managing legacy issues
Onshore
Conflicting claims, competing uses, compatible
activities, synergies, trans-boundary effects,
cumulative effects, onshore/offshore impacts,
environmental , social & economic effects,
technical & economic need
Right country
Right region
Right site
Approach to weighting
The distribution of the various
factors identified in the
weighting analysis was
entered into a GIS
The various scores are applied
to the areas, line and points
representing the various
features
Maps are prepared showing
the distribution of suitability
for the different major project
activities
Detailed maps follow:
Landfalls
Switching
station
Converter
station
Buried
cables
Overhead
lines
Energy resources
Technical limits
Cost factors
Planning factors
Infrastructure
Acceptability scenario
High
Medium
Low
Installed generation capacity (MW)
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226
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3571
986
226
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256.7
11057.6
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215.4
825.8
Tidal current
Offshore wind
Offshore wave
Onshore wind
Tidal head
Jurisdictional settlements
Strategic planning
Leasing
EIA process
Baseline studies
Impact assessment
Cumulative and trans-boundary
assessment
Mitigation, management and
optimisation plan
Marine licensing & onshore
planning
Monitoring effects
Reporting outcomes
Managing legacy issues
Assessment
template
Conclusions
Early devices have not shown
any hidden impacts,
ecological impacts are minor
at most
Learning from global
experience can avoid unnecessary costs, delay and
precaution
Need to build mechanisms for
sharing data and experiences
Renewables are better for the
environment than existing
energy systems should we
start treating them in that
way?