VertIBase - Supporting evidence-based decision-making on marine vertebrate interactions with wave and tidal energy technologies

VertIBase - 支持海洋脊椎动物与波浪和潮汐能技术相互作用的循证决策

基本信息

批准号：
NE/N01765X/1
负责人：
Simon Jude
金额：
$ 12.62万
依托单位：
CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FN01765X%2F1
关键词：
VertIBase Supporting evidence based decision

项目摘要

Ambitious plans for the large-scale deployment of wave and tidal energy are underway to meet carbon reduction targets, with the deployment of 1.6GW of generation planned for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters (PFOW), and smaller deployments planned off the coast of Wales and Isle of Wight. In parallel, numerous wave and tidal energy technologies are under development by companies ranging from small embryonic SMEs to multinational engineering companies, whilst test sites, including the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) have been established, seabed leases awarded by the Crown Estate, and the deployment of the first, small scale, arrays of devices underway.Amongst this race to develop technology and sites, concerns regarding potential interactions between wave and tidal energy devices/developments and marine mammals, seabirds and fish have emerged. These have formed the basis for the NERC/Defra Understanding How Marine Renewable Device Operations Influences Fine Scale Habitat Use and Behaviour of Marine Vertebrates (RESPONSE) (NE/J004251/1; NE/J000884/1). The study has provided new multi-disciplinary perspectives of the issue, from field studies investigating potential interactions, to the risk management challenges it poses across the wave and tidal sector. The project will directly address the challenges associated with potential marine vertebrate interactions by translating the new emerging evidence and lessons learned from the RESPONSE, FLOWBEC and MREKEP risk and uncertainty study, to inform decision-making on this potentially significant risk to the development of the wave and tidal energy sector. Through direct engagement with a community of stakeholders, incorporating device and site developers, regulators, advisory bodies, NGOs and industry associations, the embedding of this evidence in site scoping, technology design, monitoring, mitigation and consenting processes will be a practical outcome of this work.

为了实现碳减排目标，大规模部署波浪能和潮汐能的雄心勃勃的计划正在进行中，计划在彭特兰湾和奥克尼水域 (PFOW) 部署 1.6GW 发电，并计划在威尔士海岸部署较小规模的发电和怀特岛。与此同时，从小型新兴中小型企业到跨国工程公司，许多波浪能和潮汐能技术正在开发中，同时欧洲海洋能源中心（EMEC）等试验场已经建立，英国皇家财产局授予了海底租赁权，第一个小规模设备阵列的部署正在进行中。在这场开发技术和场地的竞赛中，人们开始担心波浪能和潮汐能设备/开发与海洋哺乳动物、海鸟和鱼类之间的潜在相互作用。这些为 NERC/Defra 了解海洋可再生设备运行如何影响海洋脊椎动物的精细栖息地利用和行为（响应）（NE/J004251/1；NE/J000884/1）奠定了基础。该研究提供了对该问题的新的多学科视角，从调查潜在相互作用的实地研究，到它在波浪和潮汐领域带来的风险管理挑战。该项目将通过转化新出现的证据以及从 RESPONSE、FLOWBEC 和 MREKEP 风险和不确定性研究中汲取的经验教训，直接解决与潜在海洋脊椎动物相互作用相关的挑战，为有关波浪发展的潜在重大风险的决策提供信息和潮汐能领域。通过与利益相关者社区的直接接触，将设备和站点开发商、监管机构、咨询机构、非政府组织和行业协会纳入其中，将这些证据嵌入站点范围、技术设计、监控、缓解和同意流程中，这将是这一行动的实际成果。工作。