2009, EMU Ltd., Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm, Proposed Offshore Wind Farm and Cable Routes Geophysical Survey series https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=015_2f93e111-f3f7-4b9f-80af-a1059afed041 Emu Limited were commissioned by Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Limited to undertake a geophysical survey of the Neart Na Gaoithe proposed offshore wind farm site and buffer, and two possible cable routes: Torness (including Thorntonloch and Skateraw connections) and Cockenzie. The proposed wind farm is located offshore the east coast of Scotland in the central North Sea, 61 km northeast of Edinburgh. It is situated east of the Firths of Forth and Tay and 13-30 km east of Fife Ness. The following objectives were outlined: 1. To determine accurate depths, giving full coverage across the site and collected to International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) Order 1 standards; 2. To determine the nature of the seabed sediments; 3. To identify any seabed surface features, such as sandwaves, and potential mobility; 4. To identify any wrecks or surface obstructions; 5. To identify subsurface strata and relate these to existing known geology. The survey area over the proposed wind farm totalled approximately 181 km2. The Torness and Cockenzie routes have approximate lengths of 32 and 54 km respectively. Data collection required the acquisition of swath bathymetry, sidescan sonar, sub-bottom profiling, acoustic ground discrimination system (AGDS), and magnetometer data. 20120122