Publication - Impact assessment
Offshore wind energy - draft sectoral marine plan: social and economic impact assessment
A social and economic impact assessment to support development of the draft sectoral marine plan for offshore wind energy.
H Abbreviations
| AGL | Above Ground Level (Height) |
| AIS | Automatic Identification System |
| ANSP | Air Navigation Service Provider |
| AoS | Area of Search |
| BoP | Balance of Plant |
| BRIA | Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment |
| BVG | BVG Associates |
| CAA | Civil Aviation Authority |
| CCS | Carbon Capture and Storage |
| CCSA | Carbon Capture & Storage Association |
| CO2e | Carbon Dioxide Equivalent |
| CPUE | Catch per Unit Effort |
| CR | Creels |
| D | Dredges |
| DPO | Draft Plan Option |
| DS | Demersal Seines |
| DT | Demersal Trawls |
| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry |
| E | East (region) |
| ECA | Emission Control Area |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EMFF | European Maritime and Fisheries Fund |
| EPF | Energy Park Fife |
| EU | European Union |
| FID | Final Investment Decision |
| FTE | Full-time equivalent |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| GIS | Geographical information system |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| GT | Gross Tonnage |
| GVA | Gross value added |
| GW | Gigawatt |
| HM | Her Majesty's |
| HMR | Helicopter Main Route |
| HMRC | Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs |
| HNC | Higher National Certificate |
| HND | Higher National Diploma |
| HRA | Habitats Regulations Appraisal |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning |
| HVDC | High-Voltage Direct Current |
| ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
| IFG | Inshore Fisheries Group |
| LN | Lines |
| LQ | Location Quotient |
| LUC | Land Use Consultants |
| MARPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| MCA | Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| MESCG | Marine Energy Supply Chain Gateway |
| MGN | Marine Guidance Note |
| Misc | Miscellaneous |
| MMO | Marine Management Organisation |
| MOD | Ministry of Defence |
| MT | Metric Tonnes |
| MW | Megawatt |
| N | North (region) |
| NATS | National Air Traffic Services |
| NLB | Northern Lighthouse Board |
| NM | Nautical Miles |
| NMPi | National Marine Plan interactive |
| NUTS2 | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
| NW | North West (region) |
| O&C | Opportunity and Constraint |
| O&M | Operation & Maintenance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OMS | Operation, Maintenance and Service |
| ONS | Office for National Statistics |
| OWF | Offshore wind farm |
| PAYE | Pay As You Earn |
| PEXA | Practice and Exercise Areas |
| PT | Pelagic trawls |
| PV | Present Value |
| Q | Quarter |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RLG | Regional Locational Guidance |
| ROV | Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle |
| RPA | Risk & Policy Analysts |
| RSPB | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
| RYA | Royal Yachting Association |
| SAR | Search and Rescue |
| SCQF | Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework |
| SEA | Strategic Environmental Assessment |
| SEIA | Social and Economic Impact Assessment |
| SIC | Standard Industrial Classification |
| SIMD | Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation |
| SQW | SQW Group Ltd. |
| SW | South West (region) |
| TWh | Terawatt Hour(s) |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UKHO | UK Hydrographic Office |
| UTM | Universal Transverse Mercator |
| VAT | Value-Added Tax |
| VMS | Vessel monitoring system |
| W | West (region) |
| WEMWS | Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale |
| WGS 1984 | World Geodetic System (1984) |
| WTG | Wind Turbine Generator |
| WWF | World Wide Fund |
| ZOI | Zone of Influence |
Contact
Email: drew.milne@gov.scot