Shortlist study on offshore wind farms
When construction of the first offshore wind farms began, the ecological effects were largely unknown. The aim of the shortlist study is to answer the key questions concerning ecology in relation to offshore wind farms in order to fill the knowledge gaps.
Commissioned by the former Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture, and Innovation and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, this study was conducted by a consortium led by Imares and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) (consisting of Bureau Waardenburg, NIOS, Seamarco and TNO).
The shortlist study focuses firstly on the distribution of species (birds, fish and marine mammals) and secondly on the impact on these species in relation to the construction and presence of wind farms. The study dates from the period 2010 – 2011.
The final and other reports are available below. The basic data used for these reports can be found under the "open data" tab.
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Documenten en publicaties
- (A methodological update of the Framework for the Appropriate Assessment of the ecological effects of Offshore Windfarms at the Dutch Continental Shelf def 2) (pdf, 472 kB)
- (Masterplan Ecologische Monitoring Wind op Zee) (pdf, 2.1 MB)
- (Monitoring and Research Shortlist Offshore Wind - Knowledge advancements and follow up) (pdf, 485 kB)
- (Prevention of the ecological effects of offshore windfarms in licensing and spatial planning - an overview) (pdf, 658 kB)
- (Shortlist Effecten wind op zee Samenvattingen 15 september 2011) (pdf, 570 kB)
- (Shortlist Master plan Wind Monitoring fish eggs and larvae in the Southern North Sea Final report Part A) (pdf, 4 MB)
- (Shortlist Master plan Wind Monitoring fish eggs and larvae in the Southern North Sea Final report Part B) (pdf, 4 MB)
- (Effect of piling noise on the survival of fish larvae (pilot study)) (pdf, 2.4 MB)
- (Zeevogeltellingen schip) (pdf, 4.3 MB)
- (Zeevogeltellingen vliegtuig) (pdf, 9.4 MB)
- (Shortlist Masterplan Wind Aerial surveys of harbour porpoises on the Dutch Continental Shelf) (pdf, 2.3 MB)
- (Eindrapport Krammer) (pdf, 2.8 MB)
- (Eindrapport Texel) (pdf, 5.9 MB)
- (Quick Reference GEOWEB) (pdf, 1.8 MB)
- (Final (short) report on TTS in seals & a porpoise) (pdf, 580 kB)
- (Standard for measurement and monitoring of underwater noise Part I) (pdf, 540 kB)
- (Standard for measurement and monitoring of underwater noise Part II) (pdf, 1.9 MB)
- RWS_Shortlist_VUM_Eng_Int (pdf, 663 kB)