North Sea offshore wind energy and ecology probed by peers

The House of Lords EU Environment Sub-Committee will ask experts about potential ecological impacts of offshore wind development in the North Sea and what more the Government could do to minimise them.

The sub-committee will hear from:

• Helen Quayle, Policy Officer, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
• Professor Melanie Austen, Professor of Ocean and Society, University of Plymouth
• Trudi Wakelin, Director of Licensing, Marine Planning and Blue Belt, Marine Management Organisation

Areas for discussion will include:

• How well the ecological impacts of offshore wind are understood;
• The availability and use of technological mitigations;
• International cooperation; and
• Relevant policy and delivery frameworks and how these could be improved.

The evidence session will be live on Parliament TV.