Environmental Impact Assessment and Licensing

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

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)