TY - RPRT
TI - Ecological impact of decommissioning offshore wind farms
AU - Teunis, M
AU - Collier, M
AU - Bakker, E
AU - Didderen, K
AU - Gyimesi, A
AU - Lengkeek, W
AB - The development of offshore wind farms is occurring at an accelerating pace. Meanwhile, the oldest wind farms within the Dutch offshore areas, but also elsewhere in the North Sea, will reach the end of their estimated lifespan of 20-25 years in the next five to ten years. After operation, wind farms need to be decommissioned in accordance with the 1989 resolution of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR). So far ecological aspects of decommissioning have not yet been systematically described or defined. The current study focusses on defining the ecological impacts of several decommissioning strategies and the gaps in the knowledge that still exist and hamper future assessments.
CY - Culemborg, Netherlands
DA - 2020/01//
PY - 2020
SP - 70
PB - Bureau Waardenburg bv
SN - 20-0329
UR - https://www.noordzeeloket.nl/@246083/ecological-impact-decommissioning-offshore-wind/
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Fixed Offshore Wind
KW - Floating Offshore Wind
KW - Chemicals
KW - Collision
KW - Displacement
KW - Habitat Change
KW - Lighting
KW - Noise
KW - Bats
KW - Birds
KW - Seabirds
KW - Fish
KW - Demersal Fish
KW - Pelagic Fish
KW - Invertebrates
KW - Marine Mammals
KW - Cetaceans
KW - Pinnipeds
KW - Physical Environment
KW - Sediment Transport
KW - Water Quality
KW - Human Dimensions
KW - Fisheries
ER -