The following key surveys have been undertaken as part of our Environmental Impact Assessment process:

• Two years of aerial and boat based bird surveys;
• Geophysical surveys to understand the sea bed;
• Wind and wave data collection;
• Navigation and marine traffic surveys;
• Commercial and natural fish resource surveys;
• Archaeological surveys;
• Ecology and marine biology surveys;
• Baseline noise measurements;
• Visual assessments of the landscape and seascape;
• Flood assessments; 
• Wide range of terrestrial ecology surveys (e.g. great crested newt surveys, bat surveys etc);
• Coastal processes impact assessment.

All of the studies have been developed in consultation with the statutory authorities and the findings are presented in our Environmental Statements.
   
The Environmental Statements explain the potential impacts to the biological, physical and human environment and include as a minimum:

• Landscape/seascape and visual impacts studies which identify and assess the effects of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the landscape and seascape;
• Ornithology studies which identify and assess the effects of the proposed development on both breeding and migratory birds;
• Marine ecology studies which identify and assess the effects of the proposed development on seabed flora and fauna, fish and marine mammals;
• Acoustic impacts studies which identify above and below sea level acoustic impacts both during construction and operation resulting from the proposed development;
• Archaeology and cultural heritage studies which assess the impacts of the proposed development on any marine or land-based archaeological features;
• Coastal processes and seabed studies which assess the potential effect of the proposed development on coastal processes, sediment movement and deposition, wave action, coastal erosion and the alteration of seabed morphology;
• Water quality and flood defences studies which identify and assess the potential impacts of the proposed development on water quality (both marine and fresh water), on aquifers and on flood defence schemes in the area;
• Fishing and fisheries studies which identify and assess the effects of the proposed development on commercial fishing activities;
• Shipping and navigation studies which identify and assess the effects of the proposed development on maritime users;
• Aviation studies which identify and assess the effects of the proposed development on radar interference, maritime communication and navigation signals, emergency frequencies, microwave communications, air traffic safeguarding, television and radio reception and other telecommunications;
• Socio-economic studies which identify and assess the effects of the proposed development on the regional and local economy to include tourism, educational and leisure activities and the road transport infrastructure.

Three Environmental Statements have been submitted for the Humber Gateway project:

• Offshore Environmental Statement (submitted in April 2008)
• Onshore cable route Environmental Statement (submitted in April 2008)
• Onshore substation and cable spur Environmental Statement (submitted in November 2009)
  

Please feel free to download a copy of our Non Technical Summary for the offshore elements and onshore cable route and Non Technical Summary for the onshore substation and cable spur. These are non specialist documents that support the Environmental Statements.

Click here to download the Non Technical Summary for the offshore elements and onshore cable route - free of charge (PDF, 3MB)

Click here to download the Non Technical Summary for the onshore substation and cable spur - free of charge (PDF, 2.5MB)

Further copies of the Environmental Statements are available as follows:

• Full Environmental Statement on CD-ROM - £5 each and
• Paper copy of each Environmental Statement (without Appendices) - £250.

Requests for additional copies of this Environmental Statement should be made to:

Matthew Swanwick, Project Manager
Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm
E.ON UK
Westwood Way
Westwood Business Park
Coventry
CV4 8LG.

Cheques for the environmental documentation should be made payable to E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Humber Wind Ltd.