Abstract
This European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) research project aims to:
- Explore methods used to predict socio-economic impacts
- Compare predicted impacts with actual impacts
- Enhance understanding of OWF socio-economic impacts
- Highlight best practice in how to maximise local benefits
The methods include 4 parallel elements:
- Examine evolving socio-economic impacts literature, especially on OWFs
- Monitor the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) (Aberdeen OWF) over the project lifecycle
- Review the socio-economic content in recent OWF Environmental Statements (ES) for the UK and other EU states
- Compare EOWDC socio-economic impacts with other studies of OWFs: Beatrice, Hornsea and floating OWFs