Windfarms Navigation Safety Branch, on the MCA’s behalf, is actively engaged in the offshore renewable energy application and consent process. This includes dialogue with both developers and stakeholders. In this, the MCA’s navigation and safety practitioner experience is valued by other Government Departments, developers and stakeholders alike. The MCA is a formal consultee in the consent process for any UK offshore renewable energy installation whether wind powered or tidal/wave powered. We aim to preserve navigation safety whilst facilitating delivery of Government’s Kyoto targets. The initiative to deliver the Kyoto targets and produce 10% of UK’s energy from renewable sources by 2010 is both challenging and introduces uncertainties. Uncertainty can be a corrosive acid in our lives, but it is being neutralised as perceptions become informed through dialogue, engagement and better knowledge. It is an ongoing process and will remain so. Further Information:- The MCA's guidance on navigation Safety Issues for proposed UK Offshore Renewable Energy Installations - Marine Guidance Note MGN 371 The results of the MCA's electromagnetic investigations and assessments on marine radar, communications and positioning systems in Summer 2004 at North Hoyle Wind Farm effects of offshore wind farms on marine systems The results of the Search and rescue helicopter Trials undertaken for the MCA at North Hoyle Wind Farm in Spring 2005 The BWEA (British Wind Energy Association) April 2007 report - Investigation of Technical and Operational Effects on Marine Radar close to Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm MCA guidance for mariners operating in the vicinity of UK offshore windfarms - Marine Guidance Note MGN 372 |
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