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Environmental Report: Non-Technical Summary (1.37 MB)

 

Full Environmental Report:

Table of Contents

  
Section A: Introduction, Background and Method  
Section B: Marine Renewables - Resource and Technology  
Section C: 'Level 1' Environmental Assessment  
C1: Bathymetry  
C2: Geology, Seabed Sediments and Sediment Transport  
C3: Marine and Coastal Processes  
C4: Seabed Contamination and Water Quality  
Appendix C4.A: Munitions contamination of marine renewable energy sites in Scottish waters: A study for the Scottish Executive  
C5: Protected Sites and Species  
C6: Benthic Ecology  
Appendix C6.A: The benthic environment of the North and West of Scotland and the Northern and Western Isles: Sources of information and overview  
C7: Fish and Shellfish  
Appendix C7.B: Collision risks between marine renewable energy devices and mammals fish and diving birds  
C8: Marine Birds  
C9: Marine Mammals  
C10: Commercial Fisheries and Mariculture  
C11: Archaeology  
C12: Cable sand Pipelines  
C13: Military Activities  
C14: Disposal Areas  
C15: Shipping and Navigation  
Appendix C15.A: The provision of additional studies in relation to the Scottish Executive strategic environmental assessment for marine renewables:

     Part 1

     Part 2

     Part 3a

     Part 3b

     Part 4

     Part 5

     Part 6

     Part 7a

     Part 7b

     Part 8

     Part 9

     Part 10

     Part 11

  
C16: Recreation and Tourism  
C17: Noise  
Appendix C17.A: Underwater noise study supporting Scottish Executive strategic environmental assessment for marine renewables  
C18: Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF)  
C19: Seascape  
C20: Grid Impacts  
C21: Decommissioning  
Section D: Energy Resource Assessment and Cumulative Effects  
D: Text and summary Tables  
D: Figures D4.2-D4.6  
D: Figures D4.7-D4.11  
Section E: Informing the Future Development of Marine Renewable Energy

 

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