ABL appointed to offshore wind noise pollution brief
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been appointed by Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie – BSH) to carry out marine consultancy services to support the DEMASK Project – Development and Evaluation of Noise Management Strategies to keep the North Sea Healthy.
“Winning the DEMASK scope of work reflects the successful collaboration between ABL Germany and BSH in driving sustainable solutions in bothy Germany’s energy and marine landscapes. This is in line with our company’s purpose of driving sustainability in energy and oceans. We will support BSH in performing technical analyses to help reduce noise pollution in the German North Sea and beyond.”
Christoph Grams, Marine Consultant, ABL Germany
The aim of the project is to engage marine stakeholders in defining and understanding the environmental impacts of underwater noise resulting from the expansion of offshore wind energy and shipping. The initiative, in support of maritime spatial planning and policy development, includes stakeholders from port authorities, offshore energy, shipping and the policy level.
ABL’s scope of work covers the scenario design for the assessment of various noise mitigation strategies, as well as producing AIS-derived and (where necessary) synthetic vessel data inputs to support subsequent sound propagation modelling. As part of the initial project implementation, focus groups have been held, where stakeholders have helped define and select the most relevant scenarios.
The DEMASK project has been awarded to ABL’s operations in Germany, based in Hamburg, and follows on from ABL’s collaboration with BSH to assess the navigational risk around identified sites of interest for offshore wind development in the German, Danish and Dutch North Sea. It is supported by technical expertise from the Ports and Harbours team in London.
“With our maritime legacy, covering shipping, ports and harbours, defence, yachts and small craft industries, we are uniquely placed to support this project and to provide the required recommendations to reduce noise pollution for a friendlier and healthier North Sea.”
Tilo Klappenbach, Country Manager to ABL Germany
ABL is part of Oslo-listed consultancy group ABL Group ASA.
Discuss ABL’s work in marine navigational analysis and ports and harbours infrastructure feasibility, to support offshore wind construction and operations, with Tom Chitseko, Marine Risk Principal Consultant, at this year’s Wind Energy Hamburg:
Where: Stand 422, Hall B2, Ground Floor
When: 24 -27 September 2024
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