TY - RPRT
TI - Shetland Tidal Array Decommissioning Environmental and Protected Species Risk Assessment
AU - Smith, K
AB - Nova Innovation has produced this Environmental and Protected Species Risk Assessment insupport of an application to Marine Scotland Licensing Operations Team (MS-LOT) for a MarineLicence to decommission the three geared M100 turbines in the “Shetland Tidal Array” in theBluemull Sound, Shetland.A description of the activities associated with the decommissioning of the three M100 turbines isprovided, and an assessment of the potential environmental effects. An assessment of thepotential effects of the project nature conservation Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Prioritymarine Features (PMF) is provided.This document also provides an assessment of the potential effects on “Natura” sites, includingSpecial Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Areas (SPA). The information in thisdocument is therefore provided to inform MS-LOT’s Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) of thedecommissioning activity under The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (EU Exit) (Scotland)(Amendment) Regulations 2019, including determining whether an “Appropriate Assessment” isrequired.This document also supports an application to MS-LOT for a licence to disturb marine species thatare subject to strict protection (“European Protected Species” – EPS), as described in Annex IV toCouncil Directive 92/43/EEC at Bluemull Sound, Cullivoe, Yell, Shetland.Decommissioning will involve complete removal of each of the three M100 turbines (T1, T2 andT3) in turn. The turbine nacelle, substructure and cable will be removed from the seabed and takento shore for recycling or disposal. The three M100-D direct drive turbines (T4, T5 and T6) andassociated infrastructure (subsea hub and cables) in the Shetland Tidal Array will not bedecommissioned and will remain in situ on the seabed.Full details of the equipment to be decommissioned, and the vessels and equipment that will beused in decommissioning operations are provided in a Decommissioning Schedule and MethodStatement, with a summary provided in this document. 
CY - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
DA - 2023/08//
PY - 2023
SN - EnFAIT-0091
UR - https://marine.gov.scot/node/23874
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Tidal
KW - Habitat Change
KW - Marine Mammals
KW - Cetaceans
ER -