Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative Effects 3.0 for the roll-out of offshore wind energy 2030 Sub-report A: Methods

Rijkswaterstaat (2019). Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative Effects 3.0 for the roll-out of offshore wind energy 2030 Sub-report A: Methods.

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Abstract

The Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative effects 3.0 (2018) consists of:

Part A

Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative effects 3.0 for the roll-out of offshore wind energy, KEC 3.0 - 2018 Part A: Methods

Part B

Cumulative effects of impulsive underwater sound on marine mammals; TNO 2014

A first approach to deal with cumulative effects on birds and bats of offshore wind farms and other human activities in the Southern North Sea; IMARES 2015

Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative Effects – 2018. Cumulative effects of offshore wind farm construction on harbour porpoises. F. Heinis, HWE, C.A.F. de Jong, S. von Benda-Beckmann & B. Binnerts, TNO, 2018

Cumulative effects of offshore wind farms: loss of habitat for seabirds. Update for five seabird species until 2030, J.T. van der Wal, M.E.B. van Puijenbroek, M.F. Leopold, WMR 2018

Mitigation measures for bats in offshore wind farms. Evaluation and improvement of curtailment strategy, M. Boonman, Bureau Waardenburg, 2018

Updating of KEC bird collision calculations in line with the 2030 Roadmap, Dr. A. Gyimesi, ir. J.W. de Jong, Dr. A. Potiek, E.L. Bravo Rebolledo MSc, Bureau Waardenburg 2018

Memorandum: Adding OWEZ and PAWP to the KEC 3.0 calculations, Dr. A. Gyimesi & J.L. Leemans, Bureau Waardenburg, 2018

Memorandum on Workshop dd. 12 July 2018, E.L. Bravo Rebolledo & A. Gyimesi , Bureau Waardenburg, 2018

Part C

Framework for Assessing Ecological and Cumulative Effects Description and assessment of the cumulative effects assuming the implementation of the 2030 Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap

Part C: Summary

Relationship between parts A, B and C

Part A of the KEC report provides the conceptual framework for the approach to ecology and accumulation, and describes its implementation for offshore wind energy. Part A replaces previously published versions. The substantive reports (in Part B) further elaborate the substantive methods and models used, and include the calculations for the roadmap as made with the models. New reports have been added to Part B.

Part C provides an executive summary of the substantive reports and states the conditions required for the implementation of the 2030 Roadmap. Part C is new by comparison with previous versions.