Survey on the environmental impacts of subsea cables:

Renewables Grid Initiative 

On behalf of the Renewables Grid Initiative, NIRAS are engaged in a project aiming to assist permitting authorities, project developers and stakeholders, such as environmental protection groups, throughout the development process of subsea grid infrastructure.

NIRAS kindly asks for your expert input via a short online survey for environmental impacts on subsea cables. The questionnaire will only take around 5 minutes to complete and can be accessed via: www.surveymonkey.com/r/RGI-subsea_cables.

With thousands of kilometres of subsea cabling planned in the coming years careful strategic and participatory planning is required. We are investigating the existing knowledge on the marine environmental impacts of subsea grid infrastructure, mapping knowledge gaps and identifying opportunities to fill the knowledge gaps.

Expert participation is an essential component of the project. The collation and analysis of feedback received on the effects on the marine environment, associated challenges and knowledge gaps will underpin a ‘recommendations report’ that highlights priorities.

Please do circulate this message among your networks and contacts to whom you think the survey would be of interest. Your feedback will be an essential contribution to shape future RGI activities with respect to grid development in the marine environment. The outcome of the project will be publicly available. If you enter your contact details, it will be sent to you directly.

For more information on this project please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

David Bloxsom

Environmental Consultant

NIRAS Consulting Ltd

Mobile +44 (0)7715372175

Direct number: +44 (0)1223803752

Main number : +44 (0)1223803750

Email: DBL@niras.com