Conference Programme
Monday 16th June
Registration & Coffee - from 08:30
Session 1
| 09:30 |
Welcome and domestic arrangements |
| 09:40 |
Introduction to the meeting
Simon Virley
BERR |
| 10:00 |
Science and offshore wind developments
BWEA |
Seabed past and present
| 10:20 |
Identifying submerged and buried prehistoric landsurfaces of the southern North Sea
Ingrid Ward1 & Vince Gaffney2.
1English Heritage, Portsmouth, UK; 2Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham, UK. |
10:40 Coffee
Session 1 Contd.
Seabed past and present
| 11:00 |
A review of sediment monitoring data from Round 1 offshore wind sites
Bill Cooper1, Tom Coates2 & Jon Rees3.
1ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd. Southampton, UK; 2HR Wallingford Ltd, Wallingford, UK; 3Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK. |
| 11:20 |
Analysis of field data for scour development at five contrasting wind farm sites with and without scour protection
Richard Whitehouse1, John Harris1,2, Jon Rees3 & James Sutherland1
1HR Wallingford Ltd, Wallingford, UK; 2Formerly at: ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd. Southampton, UK; 3Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK. |
| 11:40 |
Assessment of past morphological behaviour and stability of offshore sandbanks to inform wind farm developments
Alun Williams1 & Peter Balson2
1ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd, Southampton, UK; 2British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK. |
| 12:00 |
Q&A |
12:15 Lunch
Session 2 Chaired by Phil Bloor (BERR)
Birds
| 13:15 |
Strategic aerial surveys for waterbirds and seabirds in UK inshore waters
Rebecca Woodward
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, UK. |
| 13:35 |
Response of little terns Sternula albifrons to the Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm, UK: overview of a 5-year study
Martin R. Perrow, Eleanor R. Skeate & Mark L. Tomlinson
ECON Ecological Consultancy Limited, Norwich, UK. |
| 13:55 |
How effective is automated radar in monitoring bird movements near offshore windfarms?
Kate Brookes1, David Simmons2 & Paul M. Thompson1
1Lighthouse Field Station, University of Aberdeen, UK; 2Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd., Aberdeen, UK. |
| 14:15 |
The application of radar technology to monitoring of birds offshore
Timothy West & T. Adam Kelly
DeTect Inc, Florida, USA. |
| 14:35 |
Assessing the cumulative impacts of wind farms on birds
Elizabeth Masden1, Dan Haydon1, Tony Fox2, Mark Desholm2, Rhys Bullman3 & Bob Furness1
1Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, UK; 2NERI, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Biodiversity, Rønde, Denmark; 3SNH, Stirling, UK. |
| 14:55 |
Q&A |
15:15 Tea
Session 3 Chaired by Andy Greaves (Defra)
Electromagnetic radiation
| 15:40 |
Determination of the response of electromagnetic sensitive fish to electromagnetic fields (EMF) generated by offshore windfarms: experimental project results.
Andrew B. Gill1, Ian Gloyne-Phillips3, Yi Huang4, Julian Metcalfe2, Victoria Quayle2, Joe Spencer4 & Victoria Wearmouth1
1Cranfield University, Bedford, UK; 2Centre for Fisheries, Environment and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK; 3CMACS Ltd, Birkenhead, UK; 4Centre for Intelligent Monitoring Systems , University of Liverpool, UK. |
| 16:00 |
Electromagnetic radiation - a possible means of discouraging bats from approaching wind turbines
B. Nicholls & P. A. Racey
University of Aberdeen, UK. |
Benthic effects and habitat enhancement
| 16:20 |
Incorporating ‘smart ecological design’ into offshore renewable energy developments
Pippa Moore 1, Andrew Chadwick1, Antony Jensen 2 Gustavo Martins 1,3 & Richard Thompson 1.
1Peninsula Research Institute for Marine Renewable Energy, University of Plymouth, UK; 2National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK; 3Secção Biologia Marinha and CIRN, Departamento Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, Açores, Portugal. |
| 16:40 |
Prospective offshore wind farm effects on the fauna of the seafloor studied at a research platform in the German Bight
Alexander Schroeder1, Lars Gutow1, Tanja Joschko1, Roland Krone1, Covadonga Orejas Saco del Valle1,2 and Michael Potthoff1.
1Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany; 2Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Barcelona, Spain. |
| 17:00 |
Scale of offshore windfarm effects on seabed fauna – evidence and theoretical considerations
Mike Elliott
University of Hull, UK. |
| 17:20 |
Q&A |
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Networking and poster event at the RIGB
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Drinks Reception and Food
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Monday 16th June:18:00 to 21:00
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Speech by the Defra Minister
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And an Update on R3 from The Crown Estate
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Tuesday 17th June
Registration & Coffee - from 08:15
Session 4 Chaired by Mark Tasker (JNCC)
Marine mammals
| 08:30 |
Welcome to second day |
| 08:35 |
Passive acoustic assessment of cetacean occurrence around potential sites for marine renewable energy
Paul Thompson, Helen Bailey, David Lusseau, Barbara Cheney & Ana Candido.
University of Aberdeen, Lighthouse Field Station, Cromarty, UK. |
| 08:55 |
Active sonar as an environmental monitoring and mitigation tool around renewable devices
Tom Mallows1 and Gordon Hastie 1,2
1 SMRU Ltd, St Andrews, UK; 2 Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, UK. |
| 09:15 |
Assessing the impacts of offshore wind farms on seals – experiences from Scroby Sands
Eleanor Skeate & Martin Perrow1.
1 ECON Ecological Consultancy, Norwich, UK. |
| 09:35 |
Requirements and practicability of mitigation measures to protect marine mammals from pile driving noise emissions
Georg Nehls1, Klaus Betke2, Martin Ros3
1BioConsult SH, Husum, Germany; 2Institute of Applied Physics ITAP, Oldenburg, Germany; 3MENCK, Kaltenkirchen, Germany. |
| 09:55 |
Acute risks to marine mammals from pile driving: an assessment of mitigation procedures, knowledge gaps and research requirements
Jonathan Gordon 1,2; David Thompson 2; Douglas Gillespie 2; Mike Lonergan2 ; Susannah Calderan1, Ben Jaffey3, Victoria Todd4 , Gordon Hastie5
1 Ecologic UK Ltd., Newport on Tay, UK; 2Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews, UK; 3Blackstone Chambers, London UK; 4 Appin Scientific Ltd. Dunbar, UK; 5SMRU Ltd., St Andrews, UK. |
| 10:15 |
Q&A |
10:30 Coffee
Session 5 Chaired by Sue Gubbay (CCW)
Noise
| 10:55 |
Assessing the potential effects of offshore wind farm noise on four species of marine fish
Frank Thomsen 1, Karin Lüdemann 2, Rudolf Kafemann 2, Adrian Judd 3 and Werner Piper 4.
1 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK; 2 Institut fuer angewandte Fischbiologie, Hamburg, Germany; 3 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Burnham on Crouch, UK; 4 Biologisch-landschaftsökologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Hamburg, Germany. |
| 11:15 |
Characterizing underwater ambient noise fields for offshore renewables: are we making the right measurements?
Edward Harland
Chickerell BioAcoustics, Dorset, UK. |
Future Research
| 11:35 |
Challenges facing the wave and tidal energy industries: EMEC as a microcosm for testing solutions
Jennifer Norris EMEC, Stromness, Orkney, UK. |
| 11:55 |
Assessment of WaveHub impacts on the water column and seabed, both locally and remotely
Daniel C. Conley, Phil Hosegood, Deborah Greaves
Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, UK
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| 13:15 |
Q&A |
12:30 Lunch
Session 6 Chaired by Carolyn Heeps (The Crown Estate)
Marine spatial planning
| 13:30 |
Marine Spatial Planning in the UK
Karen Morgan
Defra. |
| 13:40 |
Nature conservation and marine renewable energy developments
Mark Tasker
Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Aberdeen, UK. |
| 14:00 |
The role of spatial planning in the development of offshore wind farms
Stephen Jay
Urban and Regional Studies, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK |
| 14:20 |
Planning for marine renewable energy in European Sites at the regional level
Orlando Venn1 & Jo Hughes2
1 Treweek Environmental Consultants, Devon, England; 2Scott Wilson, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. |
OSPAR and offshore windfarms
| 14:40 |
Offshore wind farms – an international perspective on approaches to marine environmental impact assessment
Adrian Judd1 and Hanne-Grete Nilsen2
1Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft UK, 2OSPAR Commission Secretariat, London, UK.
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| 15:00 |
Q&A |
15:15 Tea
Plenary Session Facilitated by Bob Earll (CMS)
| 15:30 |
Where are the gaps?
Perspectives from:
Industry
Consultant practitioner
Scientific community
Regulator BERR & MFA
The Crown Estate/COWRIE
Abroad
Followed by plenary discussion
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| 17:20 |
Round-up |
| 17:30 |
Meeting close |
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