Green light for seabird study in Scotland

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The Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm project, Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm (Seagreen) and Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) Offshore Wind Farm, are joining forces with STRIX, world leaders in innovation and sustainability, to carry out the first seabird interaction study of its kind in Scotland on a commercial sized wind farm at the NnG site.

The study has been devised in collaboration with RSPB, NatureScot, Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Marine Scotland Science. STRIX will carry out an extensive two-year operational study with cameras and radars installed on nine of NnG’s 54 wind turbines. The system provided by STRIX will focus on gannets and kittiwakes, the species of seabirds identified as being most at risk of collision and displacement from offshore... ... More: Official Press Release SSE Renewables

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