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Metadata: 2009, Npower, Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm, Final Environmental Assessment Scoping Report
Abstract:
npower renewables (NRL) is proposing to develop an offshore wind farm in the Greater Wash Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) region, off the coasts of North Norfolk and Lincolnshire. The proposed project, known as Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm (OWF), would be located approximately 33 km off the Lincolnshire coast and 46 km off the North Norfolk coast. The project could comprise between 200 and 333 wind turbines, and would have a total generating capacity of up to 1200 megawatts (MW). The initial Triton Knoll project area was selected as a suitable development site due a number of key attributes, including an excellent wind resource, a reasonably flat seabed in relatively shallow waters and seabed properties suitable for existing foundation technologies,. The project lies outside any designated areas and a strong electrical infrastructure exists relatively close to the coast. Following the initial award of the site by the Crown Estate, NRL carried out a more detailed review of the constraints (biological, physical and human) acting on the site. Following this review NRL identified that the original Triton Knoll site was likely to have potential significant effects on commercial shipping routes, helicopter access buffers to oil and gas platforms to the north of the site and a helicopter main route which traverses north of the site. Re-evaluation of the site using experiences from development of the Gwynt y Mor OWF off the North Wales coast, concluded that the effects of the constraints identified above could be addressed, and that the Triton Knoll site in an amended form did offer a substantial development opportunity. The boundaries of the Triton Knoll area, as now proposed, have been developed principally to mitigate the potential impacts of the site on shipping and navigation. The purpose of this offshore scoping report is to build on consultation carried out to date on the Triton Knoll OWF project and to seek opinion from a wide range of statutory and non-statutory consultees and stakeholders on the scope of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) required for the offshore works for Triton Knoll.
Data holder:
RWE Npower Renewables Limited
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 5663 |
| 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. | 2009, Npower, Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm, Final Environmental Assessment 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. | f5f03d0f-2044-4a5f-90a0-c8dc432dabb8 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | 00123 |
| 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 | 2008 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2026-04-19 |
| Spatial resolution | This describes the spatial resolution of the dataset or the spatial limitations of the service. | inapplicable |
| 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'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | npower renewables (NRL) is proposing to develop an offshore wind farm in the Greater Wash Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) region, off the coasts of North Norfolk and Lincolnshire. The proposed project, known as Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm (OWF), would be located approximately 33 km off the Lincolnshire coast and 46 km off the North Norfolk coast. The project could comprise between 200 and 333 wind turbines, and would have a total generating capacity of up to 1200 megawatts (MW). The initial Triton Knoll project area was selected as a suitable development site due a number of key attributes, including an excellent wind resource, a reasonably flat seabed in relatively shallow waters and seabed properties suitable for existing foundation technologies,. The project lies outside any designated areas and a strong electrical infrastructure exists relatively close to the coast. Following the initial award of the site by the Crown Estate, NRL carried out a more detailed review of the constraints (biological, physical and human) acting on the site. Following this review NRL identified that the original Triton Knoll site was likely to have potential significant effects on commercial shipping routes, helicopter access buffers to oil and gas platforms to the north of the site and a helicopter main route which traverses north of the site. Re-evaluation of the site using experiences from development of the Gwynt y Mor OWF off the North Wales coast, concluded that the effects of the constraints identified above could be addressed, and that the Triton Knoll site in an amended form did offer a substantial development opportunity. The boundaries of the Triton Knoll area, as now proposed, have been developed principally to mitigate the potential impacts of the site on shipping and navigation. The purpose of this offshore scoping report is to build on consultation carried out to date on the Triton Knoll OWF project and to seek opinion from a wide range of statutory and non-statutory consultees and stakeholders on the scope of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) required for the offshore works for Triton Knoll. |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | This metadata file has been created by The Crown Estate for the purpose of publishing the data to the Marine Data Exchange |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | 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 | Offshore area of search | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Onshore area of search | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bird counts | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network | |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Marine Environmental Data and Information Network |
| Keyword title | MEDIN | |
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishery characterisation |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Biodiversity indices | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hazards to navigation | |
| 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 | Bird behaviour | |
| 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 | Cetacean behaviour | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fishing effort | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish biomass in water bodies | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Fish and shellfish catch statistics | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Bathymetry and Elevation | |
| 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 | Man-made structures | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.506494243823 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 0.71097850520026 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 53.376308409394 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.0082124783186 |
| 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 | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| Delivery point | 16 New Burlington Place, 16 New Burlington Place | |
| Postal code | W1S 2HX | |
| City | London | |
| Country | United Kingdom | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| URL | http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk | |
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | RWE Npower Renewables Limited | |
| Delivery point | Auckland House, Lydiard Fields,, Great Western Way, | |
| enquiries@rwe.com | ||
| 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 | RWE Npower Renewables Limited | |
| Delivery point | Auckland House, Lydiard Fields,, Great Western Way, | |
| enquiries@rwe.com | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/2157/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | copyright | |
| 21 Conditions for Access and Use - Use limitation | 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. | http://marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx |
| 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. | http://marinedataexchange.co.uk/pages/terms-of-use.aspx | |
| 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. | 2026-04-19 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2014-04-29 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN Discovery Profile |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 2.3.8 |