High-value habitats can be avoided if identified but it is the less obvious impacts that are so far known to cause the biggest effects
Noise emissions related to wind turbines normally arise during the surveying phase when powerful sound waves are used to map the seafloor, and during construction, when hammers are used to drive supports into the bedrock – wind farms in the sea – is expected to see the greatest leap in energy independence in Ireland since the construction of the Ardnacrusha dam on the river Shannon exactly 100 years ago.
Higher-value habitats, such as sand banks, reefs with shellfish or maerl can be avoided if the data has identified their presence. It is however, the less obvious impacts that are so far known to cause the biggest effects. He points out that the effects will vary from species to species. Shags, for instance, typically fly low and close to the water surface and so are unlikely to be impacted. He also highlights the potential benefits of wind farms where bottom trawling has been excluded. “There is increasing evidence of an explosion of marine life because of artificial reef effects and the curtailment of damaging fishing activities. So, it’s not a one-way-street.
Laura Palmer is the offshore industries co-ordinator for Whale and Dolphin Conservation, an NGO with global reach. She notes there are risks to all whales, dolphins and porpoises and since much of the ORE development has occurred in northern Europe, and the North Sea especially, the available research concerns small cetaceans, such as harbour porpoise, that inhabit these waters.
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