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GP WIND ProjectGood Practice Guide & Toolkit
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BfN Offshore symposium - Stralsund – January 25th 2012
GP WIND in a nutshell
• Launch : 1 August 2010• Number of partners : 17• Funding : Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) • Scope : to reconcile the development of onshore and offshore wind energyprojects with wider environmental objectives and to involve local communities in planning and implementation.
• Target public : all stakeholders : industry, project developers, regional and local authorities, environmental agencies, NGOs and consultancy firms.
• Leader : the Scottish Government• Representation : 8 European countries :
Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Norway, Scotland, Greece+ external experts : Germany, Denmark
• Main deliverable : developing a good practice guide and a ‘how to’ toolkit, to facilitate deployment of renewable energy in support of the 2020 targets.
BfN Offshore symposium - Island of Vilm – January 25th 2012
With the cooperation of :
GP WIND in a nutshell
Good Practice Guide & Toolkit
A. The five objectives of the project :
1. Identify experience from partners and share knowledge of how to overcome social & environmental barriers
2. Increase the efficiency and reduce the processing period for applications, reducing process costs
3. Increase the consenting rate for on- and offshore wind projects, 4. Produce recommendations to all stakeholders and obtain their
commitment to put these recommendations into practice5. Contributing to the achievement of 2020 targets by assisting quicker
and more transparent deployment of wind farms across Europe
Good Practice Guide & Toolkit
B. The methodology :
• Thematic approach to draft 16 case studies, 8 related to environmental issues, 8 related to local community issues
• Selection of most illustrative examples of good practices, submitted to the stakeholders for discussion
• Analysis in the light of available scientific literature
• cross-cutting approach of good practices
C. The 16 thematic case studies :Environment
1. Species impact onshore and offshore2. Impact on habitats3. Biodiversity4. Cumulative Impact5. Systems and process for monitoring impacts;
environmental mitigation techniques6. Carbon Accounting issues7. Construction and operation of facilities in the
marine environment8. Offshore -human activities: fisheries, marine
industries, seabed issues, landfall sites
Community9. Communication, awareness, information
cascades10. Landscape & Managing visual impact
issues11. Dealing with Noise Issues – including
underwater12. Conflicts with other economic interests
including tourism13. Community concerns and acceptance –
how to achieve ‘buy in’14. Community benefit schemes15. Dealing with complex or entrenched
public perception issues16. Undertaking Socio-Economic Analysis for
developers
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D. The GP Guide:
Provide stakeholders with good practices and lessons learnt from partner countries addressing environmental and community linked issues
create a useful tool for decision makers, consultative bodies,developers, environmental association, etc. with a series of recommendations meant to improve the license consenting process
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Recommendations :Two layers : - general
- universal, replicable to other member States- ensure global quality of projects
- questions : specific answers- proactive solution : more practical & efficient- further into details
must lead to better quality projects reduction of consenting period higher number of licenses granted
BfN Offshore symposium - Island of Vilm – January 25th 2012
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Optimizing social
acceptance
Enhancing process & spatial
planning
Minimizing environmental
impact
BfN Offshore symposium - Island of Vilm – January 25th 2012
Good Practice Guide & Toolkit
Optimizing social
acceptance
Enhancing process & spatial
planning
Minimizing environmental
impact
BfN Offshore symposium - Island of Vilm – January 25th 2012
Good Practice Guide & Toolkit
species & habitats
landscape
communication
misinformation
community involvment
benefit schemes
quality EIAs
fisheries
socio‐economic impact
noise issues
distance twds housing
fisheries
tourism
military activities
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BfN Offshore symposium - Island of Vilm – January 25th 2012
Good Practice Guide & Toolkit
species & habitats
landscape
communication
misinformation
community involvment
benefit schemes
quality EIAs
fisheries
socio‐economic impact
noise issues
Recommendation 1
Recommendation 2
Recommendation 3
Good practice 1
Good practice 2
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Offshore deployment (1): issues identified
- Bird mortality :
GP : Scaling possible adverse effects of marine wind farms on seabirds(British Ecological Society – published in Journal of Applied Ecology – 19/07/2004)
- Impact on habitats (fish, mammals) GP : Marine Scotland: Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind in Scottish Territorial
Waters – Habitats Regulations Appraisal - Biodiversity
GP : - ‘Greening Blue Energy’ from IUCN- research at Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm (radar technology to assess collision risks
)- Danish Offshore Wind – Key Environmental Issues (Danish E.Auth.)
- Cumulative impacts : GP : - The Crown Estate established the Forth and Tay Offshore Wind Developers Grp.
Joint approach which aims to help in the assessment of potential cumulative impacts.
BfN Offshore symposium - Island of Vilm – January 25th 2012
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Offshore deployment (2)
- COWRIE CIBIRD (Collaborative Offshore Wind Research Into the Environment):
“Developing Guidance on Ornithological Cumulative Impact Assessment for Offshore Wind Farm Developers” (June 2009)
- Monitoring environmental impacts : GP : - «Standards for the Environmental Impact Assessment » German FederalGovt
- BACI approach : «Baseline and effect studies in relation to Near Shore Windfarm» – Bureau Waardenburg bv (NL) – www.buwa.nl
- Underwater noise : due to piling activity and vessel traffic GP : - soft start : use of deterrent sounds to chase animals away
- construction : 6-month stop during breeding period to avoid noise in sensitive fishspawning areas
- Scour protection : use of numerical modelling to detect : sediment transport, sandbanks alteration, sea bed elevation.
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Offshore deployment (3)
- Compatibility with human activities : SEANERGY2020 European projectRoadmap for Maritime Spatial Planning
GP : • Spatial planning :
Scotland : Blue Seas Green Energy : sectoral marine plan for OWE in Sc.territ. watersSpain : Environmental Strategic Study of the Spanish Coast for the installation
of Offshore Wind FarmsDenmark : Future Offshore Wind Power Sites – 2025
• Synergies with other maritime activities :Flanders (B) : Feasibility of fisheries and aquaculture within offshore wind areas
• Floating foundations : impacts on seabed, and enables OWF at sea depths > 30-100 m
- Social acceptance : sufficient information (unprecedented activity)agreement to meet every party’s demands and constraints
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E. The Toolkit• Valuable resource for all stakeholders• Enabling stakeholders to easily find specific information• Various possibilities of accessing to the required documents
Will consist of : On-line library : complete database comprising all documents related to
good practices and enabling stakeholders to find useful information to address barriers
Practical tools : templates, conventions, financial plans, softwares, etc. The 16 TCS Comparison by country
BfN Offshore symposium - Island of Vilm – January 25th 2012
Good Practice Guide & Toolkit
BfN Offshore symposium - Island of Vilm – January 25th 2012
Toolkit : Online library
1st level Category: legal procedural scientific illustrations
2nd level regulations consultative adv reports maps
lawsuits, appeal permit granting surveys pictures
articles of assoc. SEIA ‐ EIAs experiences videos
PP Partnerships interviews
1st level themeenvironm. impact
communityissues
process & spat.planning
2nd levelspecies & Habitats
communication fisheries
Birds implication military activities
mitigation techniques
benefit schemes sea navigation
monitoring distance housingsocio‐economicimpact
landscapes misinformation
Thank you for your attention !For more information: www.project‐gpwind.eu
Bruno CLAESSENS
Rue Royale 35 ‐ 1000 Brussels (BELGIUM)
T : +32 2 218 78 [email protected]
Good Practice Guide & Toolkit