Environmental Impact Assessment and Licensing
We can provide:
- Development planning and design
- Regulator and stakeholder liaison
- Option evaluation and scoping
- Public and community engagement
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental Issue Identification (ENVID), Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA), Socio Economic Impact Assessment, Cumulative Impact Assessment, Navigation Risk Assessment
- Mitigation, management and monitoring plans
- 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)