Abstract
This document is the Non-Technical Summary (NTS) of the Environmental Statement (ES) which has been prepared in support of applications made by Tidal Energy Limited (TEL) under the Food and Environment Protection Act (1985), Coastal Protection Act (1949) and Section 36 of the Electricity Act (1989), for a demonstration tidal stream energy device, DeltaStream, to be installed in Ramsey Sound off the Pembrokeshire coast, West Wales. Taken together these applications, the “offshore consent”, represent TEL’s bid for consent to install and operate DeltaStream in Ramsey Sound.
The application and supporting information has been prepared following consultation with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA), Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), Pembrokeshire Coast National Park (PCNP), appropriate statutory and non-statutory bodies, as well as local interest groups and the public. The ES considers the potential impacts on the environment of the construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning phases of the project and provides details of any mitigation required to address any impacts.