The Habitat-Creation Potential of Offshore Wind Farms
The Habitat-Creation Potential of Offshore Wind Farms
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DOI：
10.1002/we.324
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发表时间：
2009-03
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影响因子：
8.7
通讯作者：
Jennifer C. Wilson;M. Elliott
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作者：
Jennifer C. Wilson;M. Elliott
海上风电场是环境影响评估的对象，其中确定和量化了潜在的不利影响。这些影响将需要通过适当的设计、建造和运营方法加以缓解。如果无法减轻环境影响，则要求经营者就任何实际或潜在损害对环境或环境使用者进行赔偿。目前的研究表明，海上风力涡轮机的位置提供了栖息地的创造，这可能因此被视为栖息地丧失的补偿潜力。使用当前的设计标准和施工方法，这里的分析表明，由最常见的海上风力涡轮机设计所创造的栖息地的净数量，即栖息地，是通过放置而损失的面积的2.5倍，从而提供了净收益，即使获得的栖息地可能与损失的栖息地具有不同的特性。因此，这项研究提出了海洋自然保护管理人员的重要问题。该研究还为进一步的工作提供了建议，以增加减缓、补偿和生境创造价值的经验证据。版权所有© 2009约翰威利父子有限公司.
Offshore wind farms are the subject of environmental impact assessments in which potential adverse effects are identified and quantified. Those impacts will then require to be mitigated through appropriate design, construction and operation methods. Where environmental impacts cannot be mitigated, operators would be required to compensate the environment or its users for any actual or potential damage. The present study shows that the placement of offshore wind turbines gives the potential for habitat creation, which may thus be regarded as compensation for habitat lost. Using current design criteria and construction methods, the analysis here indicates that the net amount of habitat created by the most common design of offshore wind turbine, the monopile, is up to 2.5 times the amount of area lost through the placement, thus providing a net gain even though the gained habitat may be of a different character to the one that lost. Hence, the study raises important issues for marine nature conservation managers. The study also provides suggestions for further work in order to increase the empirical evidence for the value of mitigation, compensation and habitat creation. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.