An impact assessment will be conducted by Natural England (NE) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and the six month delay will allow them to address the previous site recommendations before they issue formal advice in July 2012. In September it was recommended that 127 coastal and of
HR Wallingford, the international hydraulic and environmental engineering consultancy, has formed a partnership with Loughborough University to develop a new underwater acoustic propagation and noise-impact model. Designed to work with proven HR Wallingford ecological models, the new model is an imp
Health Wales is highlighting the work of Welsh Crucible researchers – the cream of Welsh research talent. Dr Simon Neill explains his research into the impact of tidal energy and other sources of marine renewable energy ” ANYONE living by the sea will be familiar with the twice daily rise and fall o
FoundOcean has been appointed as an exclusive agent by IEV International Limited (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of IEV Holdings Limited, a company listed on Catalist of the Singapore Exchange) to market their revolutionary Marine Growth Prevention and Control products in European waters. Until now,
A team of scientists are sailing from Suffolk to the North Sea to find out more about harbour porpoises… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 08, 2011;
IBM and The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) are working together to understand and minimize the environmental impact of converting wave energy into electricity. This project, the first to use real-time streaming analytics for monitoring underwater noise generated by wave energy conversio
A wind farm in the North Sea has hardly any negative effects on fauna, a study recently published in Environment Research Letters reveals. (environmentalresearchweb) [mappress] Source: environmentalresearchweb, October 20, 2011
A river in a holiday area popular with the Royal Family and Prime Minister David Cameron is at the centre of a row over plans for a green… (Press Association) [mappress] Source: Press Association, October 13, 2011
Europeans take climate change seriously, as today’s Eurobarometer survey results show. Nearly nine in ten of us think it is a serious problem. One of the major causes of climate change is greenhouse gas emissions. The EU has pledged to reduce its emissions by 80-95% by 2050. To get there, we will ne
Plans to build the second phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm could be binned because of thousands of rare birds found… By Jessica Shankleman (businessgreen) [mappress] Source: businessgreen, October 06, 2011
Oil platforms in the North Sea are attracting more cod and haddock than previously thought and wind farm installations could be designed… By Sarah Young (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, September 29, 2011
Oyster fishermen supplying top Michelin-starred restaurants have warned that plans to extend a wind farm will attract thousands of starfish… (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, September 19, 2011
The planet’s great oceans – sometimes referred to as the “silent world” – are noisier than we thought. And they’re only getting louder. By Martine Valo (worldcrunch) [mappress] Source: worldcrunch, September 12, 2011
On Thursday, September 15, from 6 to 8 p.m., Island Institute will host a forum exploring visual and sound impacts of offshore wind-energy… [mappress] Source: freepressonline, September 09, 2011
