0db1664e-e14c-420f-a295-c4a0476f1b19 English series series 2026-05-05T11:15:23 MEDIN 3.1.2 biota geoscientificInformation oceans transportation Bird behaviour SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Sedimentary structure SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Seal abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Reptile abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Transport activity SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Cetacean abundance SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Sediment grain size parameters SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Transport in the water column SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2026-04-23 revision Consenting The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Phases 2012-05-15 revision Agreement for Lease Area The Crown Estate Renewable Energy Development Areas 2012-05-15 revision Land use GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-07-31 revision SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2020-05-21 revision unknown 2013-09-01T00:00:00 2013-09-30T23:00:00 -1.5710164 -1.1812238 57.4107193 57.5657633 CES-73 Marine Data Exchange 2013, Xodus Group Ltd., Hywind Offshore Wind Farm, Hywind Pilot Park Project EIA Scoping Report Hywind Scotland Pilot Park Project EIA Scoping Report 2025-09-01T14:31:59 publication English 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. There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange otherRestrictions 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 otherRestrictions Crown Estate Scotland +44 (0)131 260 6070 enquiries@crownestatescotland.com custodian Xodus Group Ltd info@xodusgroup.com originator Crown Estate Scotland +44 (0)131 260 6070 enquiries@crownestatescotland.com distributor Equinor https://www.equinor.com/about-us/contact-us owner notPlanned Documents https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/CES-73/summary A link to the web service or dataset. https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk A link to the general host site. Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08T00:00:00 publication Conformity with the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 was either not relevant to this dataset or not a requirement of the Marine Data Exchange for the creation and submission of this dataset; therefore, conformity has not been assessed and cannot be declared False series 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. ABP Marine Environmental Research 023 8071 1840 enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk pointOfContact EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-12-12 revision WGS 84 / UTM zone 30N