Throughout the construction period, the work area around Anholt has been classified as a restricted area where there has been a ban on fishing, sailing, anchoring, diving and working on the seabed that was not related to the construction work. The restricted area was created to increase navigation s
Following a major investment, HiDef aerial surveying can now provide developers with bird identification rates of up to 99%. Average ID rates across all surveys in past 12 months are over 95%. This success has been achieved through new camera technology and the creation of HiDef’s own in house team
Responding to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC), Maf Smith, Deputy Chief Executive of RenewableUK, said: “The scientific community is sending a clear and unequivocal message to policymakers that urgent action is needed to reduce our carbon emissions
The potential ecological impact of the introduction of anthropogenic sound to the marine environment has received increasing attention in recent decades. Most interest has focused on acoustically sensitive or ecologically or commercially vulnerable species. Potential impacts vary in severity from di
Biologist and senior environmental advisor at Statkraft, Bjørn Iuell, believes the contrast between black and white might prevent birds from flying into wind turbines. New knowledge from the Smøla wind farm will set the standard for environmentally friendly wind energy in the future. In a new experi
ING Commercial Banking (ING CB) is shifting its European focus from financing natural gas plants to financing renewable energy projects, reports Business Recorder. The main reason for this shift to offshore and onshore wind and solar power is the increased development of renewable energy projects in
In a report published today, seven leading charities, including WWF, RSPB, Greenpeace, the Wildlife Trusts and Friends of the Earth, assess the green performance of coalition ministers and Labour shadow ministers since the last general election. They reviewed the parties on four key areas: the econo
Just across the water from the Brayton Point coal and gas plant, eighty citizens from across New England converged for a rally to kick off the 66 mile “Energy Exodus” march to the future site of Cape Wind, the nation’s first offshore wind farm, on August 28. At the rally, speakers called for Governo
The week of the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina devastating New Orleans, climate activists in Virginia Beach held a creative action to highlight the threat of a Katrina-level disaster in Hampton Roads. Presenting two visions a child born today could face in their lifetime – a clean energy futur
Within a three-year project which could herald setting up of an offshore wind farm, a small weather measuring mast has been installed at Grand Rousse on the Ecrehous reef, off Jersey, reports Chanel Online. The data from this station will also be posted online benefitting mariners who are to head ou
Industry trade associations RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables, along with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), have commissioned leading consultancy companies TÜV SÜD PMSS (PMSS) and SMRU Marine Ltd with their academic partner the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) to review the environme
DWD (German Weather Service) has commissioned GL Garrad Hassan to be responsible for an extensive sub-project within the scope of the “FINO Wind” research project. This involves taking an inventory of the metadata, utilisation and collection of LiDAR wind measurement data for the correction of mast
Partners behind economically strategic offshore wind development promise to improve environment near Blackdog if substation proposal approved. Site investigations carried out near Blackdog, Aberdeenshire, as part of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) development have shown, as pred
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), along with other environmental organizations and with a large public support, has submitted a letter to the U.S. Maritime Administration in response to the agency’s request for public comments on a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the coa
