License and consents application, preparation and negotiation
Post consent compliance management and consent discharge
Monitoring and reporting
Projects
Environmental Impact Assessment, Habitats Risk Assessment and consenting process for BTAL's proposed 200MW tidal array development in the Pentland Firth, Brims Tidal Array Ltd
EIA for the Hexicon Dounreay Tri Offshore Wind Farm demonstration floating wind project, Hexicon Ltd
Screening (under EIA regulations) for a novel wave/wind power plant. Aquatera will also complete Scoping and EIA reports as the project develops, FPP Ltd and DP Energy Ltd
Preparation of consent documents for Sustainable Marine Energy's and Tocardo's tidal turbine developments at the European Marine Energy Centre, EMEC
EIA and HRA for new pier within Stromness Harbour plus noise assessments and environmental studies to monitor the project for the contractor, Orkney Islands Council (OIC)
Ongoing delivery of EIAs and HRAs for new salmon farms in Orkney since 2012, Scottish Sea Farms (SFF)
As part of ongoing commitments to produce electricity from marine renewable energy sources, the Canaries waters have been targeted for large-scale deployment of marine renewable energy (MRE) and offshore wind devices. Success of the MRE and offshore wind industries is dependent upon maximising energy capture and minimising down-time. Device performance and sensor accuracy are negatively impacted by the growth of fouling organisms, leading to reduced efficiency and reliability; anti-fouling strategies are costly and time consuming. Biofouling also reduces accuracy of data buoys and sensors used to assess the hydrodynamic resource and device performance.
VALID is a 3-year H2020 project, kicking off 1st of December 2020, specifically designed to develop a Hybrid Testing Platform for accelerated testing with methodologies by combining the virtual and physical environment, reducing cost in the product developing process, tackling scaling challenges and lowering uncertainties once fully demonstrated in the ocean.
"We chose to use Aquatera as consultancy support for our MRE supply chain assessment work due to their expertise in this area….The final report was of a very high standard, and we look forward to working with Aquatera again as we work towards the recommendations laid out in this report."
