Tuesday the 9th December, 9.30-10:30am
What the webinar will cover:
The WEDUSEA project is a pioneering Wave energy demonstrator project, planning to go-live in Summer ‘26, in Orkney, Scotland after an ambitious build programme during Winter ‘25. The experiences gained from reaching the Planning & Consenting stage are shared, along with insights from policy frameworks in renewables. The webinar will hear from project partners at the Research institute. University College Cork and EMEC, European Marine Energy Centre.
Speakers to include:
Amiya Pundit, University College Cork : Senior Postdoc
Offshore renewables need to obtain state consent for construction and operation. This consent shall often not be granted if its plan contravenes or violates environmental regulation including those on the protection and conservation of species and habitat. The consenting process is a critical and often complex phase of offshore renewable project development, regarded as one of the biggest barrier. The assessment performed in this study provide justifications to resolve issues particularly to streamline the consenting process in new markets while making qualitative comparison.
Abi McLean, EMEC: Environ. & Consents Officer
The OE Buoy will be deployed within EMEC’s grid-connected Billia Croo wave test site in Orkney. Various consenting processes are implemented across EMEC’s test sites which are required by Marine Directorate – the regulator acting on behalf of Scottish Ministers – in order to install, operate, and decommission infrastructure within the marine environment. This presentation will provide an overarching view of such consenting and licensing requirements related to the WEDUSEA project at Billia Croo.
Millie Green, EMEC: Environ Co-Ordinator
An Environmental considerations perspective from the experiences of EMEC in managing these processes.
