Can large-scale expansion of off-shore wind power be ecologically sustainable? In previous studies, AquaBiota has found that the impact can vary greatly depending on where wind farms are built, what technology is used, and what marine organisms are in the vicinity. In the 3 year project Marin MedVind – Basis for Large Scale Sustainable Windpower […]
wpd wind power park Eystrasalt
wpd has asked AquaBiota to conduct field surveys on the Eystrasalt offshore bank, located in the Bothnian sea. wpd is investigating the possibilities of building a wind park in the area around the Eystrasalt offshore bank. The area is located about 60 km east of Hudiksvall in the Swedish economic zone. The Eystrasalt Bank was […]
Ox2 Wind power park Galatea – Galene
Ox2 is planning to build an offshore wind power part in two sub-areas, named Galatea – Galene off the coast of Falkenberg and Varberg in Kattegatt. Since wind power is a renewable and emission-free energy source, an extensive development of more wind power parks could help Sweden to reach several of the national environmental objectives. […]
OX2 Wind power park Aurora
AquaBiota supports OX2 in the process of acquiring a permit to build a wind power park at the Aurora area. OX2 is planning to build a wind power park in the Baltic sea, located east of Öland called Aurora. Wind power is a renewable and emission-free source of energy and further development of wind power […]
Skyborn Offshore wind park Storgrundet
AquaBiota has since 2006 had various assignments related to Skyborn Renewables (former wpd Offshore) plans to build a windfarm at Storgrundet, an offshore bank in the southern Bothnian Sea outside Söderhamn in Gävleborg County. The assignments have involved a number of different tasks in the different phases of the project. In connection with the Environmental […]
Impact of Kattegatt Offshore wind farm on harbour porpoises
On behalf of the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management AquaBiota wrote a response to Favonius’s appeal to the Land and Environmental Court regarding the application for permission for construction and operation of wind farms in Kattegatt, Falkenberg municipality (case 6960-14). AquaBiota’s response was focused on harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). […]
Blue mussels and their relation to long-tailed duck on a Baltic offshore bank
As part of the environmental impact assessment, AquaBiota has mapped the distribution of Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) and related these to data on Long- tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) on the Swedish offshore bank ”Södra Midsjöbanken”. The area has been designated as a potential location for an offshore wind farm in the Southern Baltic Sea. AquaBiota […]
Monitoring programs for offshore wind power
Recommendations on monitoring program design for offshore and lake wind farms were developed this a research project. AquaBiota received funding from the research program Vindval for a project concerning recommendations on how to design monitoring programs for offshore and lake wind farms. Vindval is a cooperation between the Swedish Energy Agency and the Swedish Environmental Protection […]
Strategic Environmental Assessment of marine renewable energy sources
The effects of offshore wind power on benthic communities, commercial fish and shellfish and marine mammals was investigated by AquaBiota in 15 areas along the Norwegian coast. The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) did a strategic environmental assessment of marine renewable energy sources on behalf of the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (OED). […]
Fish Survey at Finngrunden, Southern Bothnian Sea
In May and August 2007 AquaBiota performed two fish surveys at Finngrunden in the southern Bothnian Sea, commissioned by WPD Scandinavia AB. The study focused on demersal fish, that is, fish that feed primarily on the seabed, and that vary in mobility from highly migratory to predominantly sedentary species. The results of these fishing periods […]