Environmental Impact Monitoring Data for the Egmond aan Zee Offshore Wind Farm

36 wind turbines at the first Dutch offshore wind farm were monitored for ecological effects. The MEP-NSW research program, established in 2006, contributed learning goals for offshore wind energy development. Monitoring focused on bird flight patterns, underwater noise impact on marine mammals, and variations in underwater life.

Use Cases

• Assess collision risk for birds based on flight pattern and presence data mentioned in the description
• Model the influence of underwater noise on fish and marine mammal behavior based on monitoring focus
• Evaluate the wind farm's function as a refugium based on data on variation and densities of underwater life

Strengths

• Focuses on a pioneering demonstration project, the first offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea
• Monitoring program addresses specific ecological issues: birds, underwater noise, and marine life
• Data contributed to the MEP-NSW research program's learning goals for offshore wind energy

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is provided in JPEG format, which suggests visual reports rather than structured tabular data

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Monitoring and evaluation program for the Offshore Windpark Egmond aan Zee.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Geography

North Sea, 10 to 18 kilometers off the coast near Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands