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APEM surveys East Anglia duo

By: Tom Russell 16/08/2018 Apem Ltd

General Windfarms

APEM has completed offshore wildlife surveys for the proposed East Anglia ONE North and TWO wind farms, photographing a combined area of over 1,000km².

The aerial digital surveys started in September 2016 and have been conducted on a monthly basis since then. The final surveys in the programme for both sites were flown in August.

The data collected on behalf of Scottish Power Renewables during the two years of surveys will inform the ornithological and marine mammal environmental impact assessments for the developments.

Over 35,000 ultra-high resolution images have been collected and analysed in order to count and identify the species of seabirds and marine mammals. Each one of the millions of pixels in the individual photographs is equivalent to an area of just 2cm² on the sea surface.

APEM conducted 24 aerial surveys of the 800MW East Anglia ONE North proposed wind farm, as well as 18 aerial surveys of the 900 MW East Anglia TWO proposed development. Six surveys of East Anglia TWO had previously been conducted by APEM in 2015-16.

The survey areas for East Anglia ONE North, located approximately 36km offshore near Lowestoft, covered about 500km², while the area for East Anglia TWO, located approximately 31km offshore, covered roughly 600km².

APEM project manager, Laura Jervis, said: “High quality digital aerial surveys are now firmly established as the leading methodology for collecting wildlife data for offshore wind farm developments.

“Like so much in the world of offshore wind energy the practices and technologies have moved on incredibly quickly. Year-on-year we have been able to deliver higher quality images and therefore more robust data for our clients to use in the consenting process, contributing to greater confidence and improved outcomes.”

SPR is currently building the 102 turbine East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm off the coast of Suffolk. This project will be followed by the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm which received development consent last year.

The 714MW East Anglia ONE project will be erected around 45km off the coast of Lowestoft over an area of 300km². The project will feature 102 Siemens direct-drive wind turbines of type SWT-7.0-154.

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