{"id":4987,"date":"2023-07-20T14:19:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2023-07-20T14:19:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:19:47","slug":"marine-species-and-subsea-cables-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsulapartnership.org.uk\/marine-species-and-subsea-cables-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Species and Subsea cables report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Crown Estate and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) have released a report which aims to help stakeholders involved in offshore wind developments better assess the impacts of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from subsea power cables on the marine environment.<\/p>\n<p>The report will lead to an improved understanding of the potential effects of EMFs \u2013 produced by power transmitted through subsea cables \u2013 on marine species, providing further evidence to facilitate and accelerate decisions in the planning and consenting of offshore wind developments.<\/p>\n<p>It is the result of a two-day workshop, organised by Cefas and the Scottish government, which brought together 15 leading scientific minds on EMFs from across a variety of fields, including electrical engineers, oceanographers, (geo)physicists and biologists to share knowledge and set out priority actions to improve future processes.<\/p>\n<p>The report \u2018Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) from subsea power cables in the natural marine environment\u2019 can be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinedataexchange.co.uk\/details\/3718\/summary\">downloaded here<\/a>\u00a0and includes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0A summary of the aims and objectives from the workshop<\/li>\n<li>A breakdown of methods for calculating, modelling, and measuring EMFs emitted by subsea cables<\/li>\n<li>A summary of methodologies for measuring the impacts of EMFs on marine life<\/li>\n<li>Short and longer-term recommendations for how to improve and standardise research in this field to allow greater sharing of data and evidence<\/li>\n<li>Recommendations for future research in this field<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The report provides insights that will feed directly into a follow-on project, funded by Offshore Wind Evidence and Change (OWEC), named \u2018Floating Offshore Wind Environmental Response to Stressors (FLOWERS)\u2019, which will build understanding of EMFs as an environmental stressor associated with floating offshore wind.<\/p>\n<p>In total, four Cefas-led projects have been funded by OWEC, in a bid to build understanding of the interaction between offshore wind infrastructure and marine species. In addition to the EMF workshop, three further projects are currently underway:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nature Inclusive Cable Enhancement and protection (NICE) \u2013 making infrastructurework for biodiversity.<\/li>\n<li>Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling (FiSMaDiM) \u2013understanding how offshore wind development impacts fisheries.<\/li>\n<li>Floating Offshore Wind Environmental Response to Stressors (FLOWERS) -understanding little known environmental impacts of floating wind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>News coverage can be read at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.4coffshore.com\/news\/report-reveals-impact-of-subsea-power-on-marine-life-nid27829.html\">4Coffshore<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"https:\/\/renews.biz\/86989\/crown-estate-releases-emf-report\/\">ReNews<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.offshore-energy.biz\/crown-estate-and-cefas-detail-impact-of-subsea-power-cables-on-marine-life\/\">OffshoreEnergyBiz<\/a>. Further informarion on the Cefas\/Crown Estate report of impacts of electromagnetic fields\u00a0 from subsea power cables on the marine environment can be read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrownestate.co.uk\/en-gb\/media-and-insights\/news\/2023-the-crown-estate-and-cefas-advance-understanding-of-interactions-between-offshore-subsea-power-cables-and-marine-environment\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Crown Estate and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) have released a report which aims to help stakeholders involved in offshore wind developments better assess the impacts of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from subsea power cables on the marine environment. 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