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Metadata: 2013, Xodus Group Ltd., Hywind Offshore Wind Farm, Hywind Pilot Park Project EIA Scoping Report
Abstract:
This Scoping Report, and accompanying navigational Preliminary Hazards Assessment (PHA) has been prepared in order to support the development of the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park and represents a formal request for a Scoping Opinion from Marine Scotland and Aberdeenshire Council, in consultation with the relevant statutory consultees. The request for a Scoping Opinion from Marine Scotland is for the Pilot Park and export cable and all offshore infrastructure below mean high water springs (MHWS) and the request for a Scoping Opinion from Aberdeenshire Council is for the export cable onshore and grid connection works (all works above mean low water springs, MLWS). The Scoping Report has been produced to facilitate the identification and initial assessment of the potential environmental impacts associated with the Project. It identifies the potential interactions there may be between the proposed Project and the environment in order to establish studies and/or surveys that might be required in order to better understand these interactions. Similarly, the aim of the PHA is to identify potential navigational hazards associated with the Project and determine, through consultation, how these hazards should be addressed as part of the NRA.
Data holder:
Crown Estate Scotland
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 27552 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2013, Xodus Group Ltd., Hywind Offshore Wind Farm, Hywind Pilot Park Project EIA Scoping Report |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Hywind Scotland Pilot Park Project EIA Scoping Report |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 0db1664e-e14c-420f-a295-c4a0476f1b19 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | CES-73 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2013-09-01 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2013-09-30 |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | notPlanned |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | This Scoping Report, and accompanying navigational Preliminary Hazards Assessment (PHA) has been prepared in order to support the development of the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park and represents a formal request for a Scoping Opinion from Marine Scotland and Aberdeenshire Council, in consultation with the relevant statutory consultees. The request for a Scoping Opinion from Marine Scotland is for the Pilot Park and export cable and all offshore infrastructure below mean high water springs (MHWS) and the request for a Scoping Opinion from Aberdeenshire Council is for the export cable onshore and grid connection works (all works above mean low water springs, MLWS). The Scoping Report has been produced to facilitate the identification and initial assessment of the potential environmental impacts associated with the Project. It identifies the potential interactions there may be between the proposed Project and the environment in order to establish studies and/or surveys that might be required in order to better understand these interactions. Similarly, the aim of the PHA is to identify potential navigational hazards associated with the Project and determine, through consultation, how these hazards should be addressed as part of the NRA. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | SWL has been awarded an Exclusivity Agreement by The Crown Estate (TCE) for the deployment of floating WTG Units in an area known as the Buchan Deep which is an area of deep water (95 to 120 m) located approximately 25 km off the coast at Peterhead, north east Scotland just outside the 12 nm territorial water limit (Figure 1-2). SWL is planning to deploy a small pilot wind farm (Pilot Park) comprising five of the Hywind Scotland WTG Units with a total maximum nameplate capacity of up to 30 MW. The Exclusivity Area is split into a northern and a southern part by the Forties to Cruden Bay pipelines which pass through the Exclusivity Area from north east to south west. The Pilot Park will be located either to the north or south of these pipelines. Electricity generated from the Pilot Park will be exported onshore to the local grid network via a new export cable to Peterhead. It should be noted that SWL are currently in the process of identifying an area based on the Exclusivity Area that will form the basis of their application to the TCE for an Agreement for Lease (AfL). One of the options under consideration as the AfL is illustrated in Figure 1-2 (proposed AfL Area). However, given that this proposed AfL Area is still subject to agreement with TCE and the grant of seabed rights, and extends 1,000 m beyond the northern boundary of the Exclusivity Area, all references in this Scoping Report will be made to both the Exclusivity Area and the proposed AfL Area. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird behaviour |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sedimentary structure | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Seal abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Reptile abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Transport activity | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Cetacean abundance | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Sediment grain size parameters | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Transport in the water column | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Consenting | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Agreement for Lease Area | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Land use | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57.5657633 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.1812238 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 57.4107193 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | -1.5710164 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | ABP Marine Environmental Research | |
| Phone | 023 8071 1840 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Xodus Group Ltd | |
| info@xodusgroup.com | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | Crown Estate Scotland | |
| Phone | +44 (0)131 260 6070 | |
| enquiries@crownestatescotland.com | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Equinor | |
| https://www.equinor.com/about-us/contact-us | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-73/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2025-09-01 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-05-06 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-05-05 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |