First Flight Wind signs ABPmer for EIA

UK: First Flight Wind, the consortium developing a 600MW wind project off the north-east coast of Ireland, has commissioned marine environmental consultancy ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) to work on its environmental impact assessment.

by Shaun Campbell 15 July 2013

ABPmer will be deploying two wave-measuring buoys and associated instrumentation in the wind resource zone (WRZ) later this year to study the impact of the turbines and associated export cabling work.

First Flight Wind, a consortium made up of B9 Energy, Dong Energy and RES, was selected by sea-bed owner the Crown Estate as developer for the project in October 2012. It will be sited at least 8 kilometres from the coast of County Down in Northern Ireland.