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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
RiCORE Risk Based Consenting of Offshore
Renewable Energy Projects
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
• Challenges facing development of Offshore Renewable Energy* Projects
– Technology costs – Transmission grid infrastructure – Consenting procedures – Environmental impacts – Grant and revenue support
– *defined as offshore wind, wave and tidal
The Challenge
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
Project partners
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
• To ensure the successful development of ORE in the EU Member States by reducing the cost and time taken to consent projects through the development of a risk based approach to consent
Project Aims
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
Relevant EU legislation includes: – Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) – Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD 2008/28/EC) – Strategic Environmental Assessment, (2001/42/EC) – Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (2014/52/EU) – Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) – Birds Directive (2009/147/EC) SPA’s – Habitats Directives (92/43/EEC) SAC’s
• Legislation aims to address climate change, promote low-carbon energy whilst
maintaining biodiversity, protecting endangered species and habitats, minimising adverse impacts of development and protecting the marine resource base
• Uncertainty about the appropriate application of environmental legislation, which can further prolong consenting processes
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) varies considerably in scope and intensity both within and across MS
• Different methodologies and timeframes are utilised • Costly and time consuming surveys are required even for perceived lower risk
technologies in sites which may have a lower environmental sensitivity
Context: uncertainty
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
1. Understanding what actually happens in different Member States: – The consenting process – Application of legislation – Legal and legislative barriers to ‘standard’
approaches… – …what is required to overcome those barriers
Key strands of activity
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
2. Look at potential for developing and using risk profiles to speed up the consenting of offshore wind, wave and tide: – Small arrays… – …of known technology… – …in areas of low environmental sensitivity
Key strands of activity
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
3. Seeking more standardisation in post deployment environmental impact monitoring: – standardising data collection … – …would allow policymakers to compare and
better understand the environmental effects of different devices
Key strands of activity
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
Project Work Packages and Leads
WP1 • Project Management
WP2 • Profiling MS consenting processes • Reconciling EU Legal Requirements
WP3 • Survey, Deploy and Monitor
WP4 • Pre-consent survey optimisation
WP5 • Post-consent and post-deployment monitoring standardisation
WP6 • Communication and dissemination http://ricore-project.eu/
January 2015 – June 2016
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
• 1. To identify the environmental requirements regarding pre- and post-consenting of marine renewable energy projects in EU countries to date;
• 2. To discuss suitable monitoring needs incorporating varying levels of environmental risk
– Several receptors: socio-economic, benthos and habitats, marine mammals and noise, birds, fish and shellfish, physical environment
– Representatives from several Member States (UK, Spain, France, Ireland, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands)
Workshop 1 (WP 4 & 5)
http://ricore-project.eu/
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
• What effective methodologies and practices would meet the one year site characterisation survey for pre-consenting?
• “A consensus….from all groups regarding the need to have more than one year data for the pre-consenting phase of MRE projects. However, concerns from developers should be taken into account regarding the length and costs of the monitoring activities since they can strongly affect project feasibility”
• “Important to focus monitoring activities, limiting them to what is really necessary to understand project impacts”
• “In some Member States, there is an established requirement for the developers to present at least two years of baseline data. Although for some sites this amount of data may not be enough”
Workshop 1 (WP 4 & 5)
http://ricore-project.eu/
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
1. Identify commonalities and transferability of pre-consent surveying between renewable technologies. Are there issues/methodologies specific to device type or location?
2. Examine existing long-term datasets to see how interpretation changes over time (confidence intervals, sub-sampling, power analysis)
3. Develop advice on the scope and intensity of monitoring (or data collation) consistent with a one year site characterization under Survey Deploy Monitor
WavEC: Work Package 4
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
Commonalities and differences in approaches to pre-consent survey
• Denmark, France, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK (Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland)
• Physical Environment, Marine Mammals, Fish & Shellfish, Benthos & Seabed Habitats, Seabirds, Bats, Socio-economic
• Period, Parameters, Methods, Spatial Coverage
WavEC: Work Package 4
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
WavEC: Work Package 4
Erris: common dolphin
yearsi
ghtin
gs ra
te
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0.00
0.04
0.08
0.12
0.16
Marine Mammal Monitoring in Broadhaven Bay, Ireland Land-based vantage point surveys Year-round surveys (maximum survey effort)
Monitoring undertaken by UCC and funded by Shell E&P Ireland Ltd
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
WavEC: Work Package 4
Erris: common dolphin
yearsi
ghtin
gs ra
te
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0.00
0.04
0.08
0.12
0.16
Marine Mammal Monitoring in Broadhaven Bay, Ireland Land-based vantage point surveys Year-round surveys (maximum survey effort)
Statistical power: 1. Sightings rate 2. Coefficient of Variation 3. Duration of monitoring 4. Significance level
Monitoring undertaken by UCC and funded by Shell E&P Ireland Ltd
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
WavEC: Work Package 4
Erris: common dolphin
yearsi
ghtin
gs ra
te
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0.00
0.04
0.08
0.12
0.16
Marine Mammal Monitoring in Broadhaven Bay, Ireland Land-based vantage point surveys Year-round surveys (maximum survey effort)
Statistical power: 1. Sightings rate 2. Coefficient of Variation 3. Duration of monitoring 4. Significance level
marine mammals: should achieve ≥80% power and consideration should be given to the use of a significance level of 0.2 (ICES, WGMME)
Monitoring undertaken by UCC and funded by Shell E&P Ireland Ltd
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
WavEC: Work Package 4
Erris: common dolphin
yearsi
ghtin
gs ra
te
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0.00
0.04
0.08
0.12
0.16
Statistical power: 1. Sightings rate 2. Coefficient of Variation 3. Duration of monitoring 4. Significance level
marine mammals: should achieve ≥80% power and consideration should be given to the use of a significance level of 0.2 (ICES, WGMME)
60 80 120 160 200
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2009 v. 2010 = 4.29
sample size
power
p = 0.05p = 0.1p = 0.15p = 0.2
60 80 120 160 200
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2009 v. 2011 = 4.57
sample size
power
60 80 120 160 200
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2009 v. 2012 = 2.27
sample size
power
60 80 120 160 200
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2009 v. 2013 = 4.69
sample size
power
60 80 120 160 200
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2009 v. 2014 = 4.62
sample size
power
60 80 120 160 200
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2009 v. 2010 = 4.29
sample size
power
p = 0.05p = 0.1p = 0.15p = 0.2
60 80 120 160 200
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2009 v. 2011 = 4.57
sample size
power
60 80 120 160 200
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2009 v. 2012 = 2.27
sample size
power
60 80 120 160 200
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2009 v. 2013 = 4.69
sample size
power
60 80 120 160 200
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
2009 v. 2014 = 4.62
sample size
power
Monitoring undertaken by UCC and funded by Shell E&P Ireland Ltd
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
WavEC: Work Package 4
Erris: common dolphin
yearsi
ghtin
gs ra
te
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0.00
0.04
0.08
0.12
0.16
Marine Mammal Monitoring in Broadhaven Bay, Ireland Land-based vantage point surveys Year-round surveys (maximum survey effort)
Statistical power: 1. Sightings rate 2. Coefficient of Variation 3. Duration of monitoring 4. Significance level
marine mammals: should achieve ≥80% power and consideration should be given to the use of a significance level of 0.2 (ICES, WGMME)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
common dolphin
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
bottlenose dolphin
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
minke whale
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.1
0.2
harbour porpoise
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
grey seal
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.00
0.06
0.12
0.18
0.24
harbour sealMonitoring undertaken by UCC and funded by Shell E&P Ireland Ltd
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
WavEC: Work Package 4 Marine Mammal Monitoring in Broadhaven Bay, Ireland
Land-based vantage point surveys Year-round surveys (maximum survey effort)
Statistical power: 1. Sightings rate 2. Coefficient of Variation 3. Duration of monitoring 4. Significance level
marine mammals: should achieve ≥80% power and consideration should be given to the use of a significance level of 0.2 (ICES, WGMME)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
common dolphin
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
bottlenose dolphin
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
minke whale
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.1
0.2
harbour porpoise
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
grey seal
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.00
0.06
0.12
0.18
0.24
harbour seal
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Monitoring undertaken by UCC and funded by Shell E&P Ireland Ltd
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
WavEC: Work Package 4 Marine Mammal Monitoring in Broadhaven Bay, Ireland
Land-based vantage point surveys Year-round surveys (maximum survey effort)
Statistical power: 1. Sightings rate 2. Coefficient of Variation 3. Duration of monitoring 4. Significance level
marine mammals: should achieve ≥80% power and consideration should be given to the use of a significance level of 0.2 (ICES, WGMME)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
common dolphin
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
bottlenose dolphin
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
minke whale
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.1
0.2
harbour porpoise
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
grey seal
J F M A M J J A S O N D
0.00
0.06
0.12
0.18
0.24
harbour seal
Tota
l dur
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n (m
in)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
02000
4000
6000
Both
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n (m
in)
2001 2002 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
02000
4000
6000
Both
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J F M A M J J A S O N D
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Erris
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J F M A M J J A S O N D
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4000
6000
Doonanierin
Tota
l dur
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n (m
in)
2001 2002 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
02000
4000
6000
Doonanierin
Monitoring undertaken by UCC and funded by Shell E&P Ireland Ltd
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
• Baseline: – Inform monitoring programmes – Low sightings and high variation = Low Risk? – Money and time better spent in post-consent monitoring?
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646436.
Website: http://ricore-project.eu/
Twitter: @ricoreproject
Email: rculloch@ucc.ie
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