Socio-economic Baseline Review Methodology and Data Gap Analysis for Offshore Renewables in Scottish Waters
The Data Gap Analysis Report summarises the background to and aims of the overall appraoch to socio-economics and offshore renewable energy planning. It sets out the approach that has been adopted to identifying baseline information requirements, which ta
Abbreviations
ABPmer : ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd
AIS : Automatic Identification System
ArcGIS : Geographic Information System Software by ESRI
BMF : British Marine Federation
BRIA : Business & Regulatory Impact Assessment
CAA : Civil Aviation Authority
CCS : Carbon Capture and Storage
CCSA : Carbon Capture Storage Association
CFP : Common Fisheries Policy
CO 2 : Carbon Dioxide
CoSLA : Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
CPUE : Catch per Unit Effort
DASA : Defence Analytical Services and Advice
DECC : Department of Energy and Climate Change
DfT : Department for Transport
EIA : Environmental Impact Assessment
EMEC : European Marine Energy Centre
GCal Uni : Glasgow Caledonian University
GIS : Geographic Information System
GT : Gross Tonne(s)
GVA : Gross Value Added
GW : Gigawatt(s)
HIAL : Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd
HIE : Highlands and Islands Enterprise
HRA : Habitats Regulations Appraisals
IALA : International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities
ICES : International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
ITOMS : International Transmission Operations & Maintenance Study
KIS-CA : Kingfisher Information Service - Cable Awareness
km : kilometre(s)
kw : kilowatt(s)
LA : Local Authority
LVIA : Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
m : metre(s)
MCA : Maritime and Coastguard Agency
MEDIN : Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
MOD : Ministry of Defence
MPA : Marine Protected Area
NATS : National Air Traffic Services
NGL : Natural Gas Liquids
nm : nautical mile(s)
OER : Offshore Energy Regions
ONS : Office of National Statistics
OSPAR : Mechanism by which fifteen Governments of the western coasts and catchments of Europe, together with the European Community, cooperate to protect the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic
OWF : Offshore Wind Farm
PEXA : Practice and. Exercise Areas
PFOW : Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters
RLG : Regional Locational Guidance
RPA : Risk & Policy Analysts
RYA : Royal Yachting Association
SCCS : Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage
SE : Scottish Enterprise
SEA : Strategic Environmental Assessment
SeaZone : SeaZone Solutions Ltd
SEPA : Scottish Environment Protection Agency
SIC : Standard Industrial Classification
SORER : Scottish Offshore Renewable Energy Regions
UK : United Kingdom
UKCPC : United Kingdom Cable Protection Committee
UKDEAL : UKDEAL Common Data Access Ltd
UKMMAS : UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy
USA : United States of America
VMS : Vessel Monitoring System
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