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North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm
Environmental Impact Assessment
and Ongoing Monitoring
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This 30 turbine installation off the coast of North Wales is the UK’s first major offshore wind farm. CMACS has been involved from the early stages of the project, contributing to benthic ecology and other parts of the EIA, such as the assessments for fish, marine mammals, intertidal ecology.

 

Prior to construction, CMACS collected baseline data on the ecology of the area of the proposed development using a combination of grab sampling and beam trawls. Our invertebrate biologists back in the laboratory produced detailed reports of the benthic communities present, the factors affecting their distribution and the significance of the proposed wind farm. We now monitor these same communities after construction to ensure that there has been no adverse impact.
CMACS has also carried out a series of specialist studies, such as electromagnetic field (EMF) and underwater noise surveys and monitoring of suspended sediments during construction of a meteorological mast at the site.
 


Project Details:
Project Type: Environmental Impact Assessment and Ongoing Monitoring
Client: npower
Description: CMACS has been involved throughout the development of this 30 turbine offshore wind farm, the first in the UK to reach construction phase. We are now responsible for a range of post construction monitoring activities.
CMACS has contributed to reports
published by npower.
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