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Stakeholder Participation Feedback Report by RPS to the Welsh Assembly Government Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework Stage 3 - Stakeholder Participation Feedback Report by RPS to the Welsh Assembly Government December 2010 Stakeholder Participation Feedback Executive Summary S.1 This document reports on the results of the Stage 3 Stakeholder Participation Process for the ‘Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework’ (MRESF) for Wales; a three stage project currently being undertaken by RPS within Welsh territorial waters on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government. S.2 The MRESF is aimed at exploring and enabling the potential for renewable energy extraction from Welsh waters, with the intention being to minimise impacts on environmental resources and socio-economic activities, while maximising the potential for sustainable energy production. S.3 The MRESF project is divided into three stages. Stages 1 and 2 have been undertaken over the past two years. Stage 3 is progressing through 2010 to develop and deliver the overarching Framework. Stakeholder participation forms a key part of Stage 3, providing stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on and provide input to the proposed methodology for the development of the MRESF Framework. S.4 The Stakeholder Participation Process (SPP) commenced on 10th June 2010 and ran for 8 weeks, ending on 4th August 2010. A total of 113 organisations were contacted, with stakeholder participation invited through two main routes: via the stakeholder questionnaire; and two workshops. S.5 The workshops provided an opportunity for RPS to provide more detail on the proposed methodology for Stage 3, and enabled specific topics to be discussed at several break- out sessions. The questionnaire provided an opportunity for stakeholders to both comment on and contribute to the MRESF methodology. S.6 A total of 21 stakeholders attended the workshops, representing 19 different companies or organisations. Questionnaires were received from 14 stakeholders, representing 13 different companies or organisations, with a further 28 individuals indicating that they would either be unable to respond or did not view it as appropriate to respond. The responses, comments and questions arising from the workshops and through the questionnaires are summarised and discussed in this report. S.7 Feedback from the SPP will be incorporated appropriately into the development of the MRESF. Several of the comments made by stakeholders have been addressed where possible within this report. Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework Welsh Assembly Government 2010 i Stakeholder Participation Feedback Contents Executive Summary....................................................................................................i Contents.....................................................................................................................ii 1 Introduction.........................................................................................................1 1.1 Project Overview ..................................................................................................1 2 Methods...............................................................................................................3 2.1 Stakeholder Participation Process .....................................................................3 2.2 Reporting ..............................................................................................................7 3 Results.................................................................................................................8 3.2 Workshops............................................................................................................8 3.3 Questionnaires ...................................................................................................24 4 Discussion.........................................................................................................44 References ...............................................................................................................50 Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework Welsh Assembly Government 2010 ii Stakeholder Participation Feedback Tables Table 2.1: List of Stakeholders..................................................................................................... 3 Table 3.1: Attendees at Cardiff Workshop 6th July 2010 .............................................................. 8 Table 3.2: Attendees at London Workshop 20th July 2010........................................................... 8 Table 3.3: Datasets: other sources of data / information............................................................ 10 Table 3.4: Potential Resource: sources of additional information .............................................. 17 Table 3.5: Constraint Rankings: constraints raised.................................................................... 18 Table 3.6: Constraints Rankings: methodological, process and presentation comments .......... 19 Table 3.7: Scenarios: other matters ........................................................................................... 22 Table 3.8: Workshops: additional questions and comments ...................................................... 23 Table 3.9: Questionnaire respondents ....................................................................................... 24 Table 3.10: Question 1: additional data...................................................................................... 25 Table 3.11: Question 2: comments ............................................................................................ 27 Table 3.12: Question 3: comments ............................................................................................ 29 Table 3.13: Question 5: comments ............................................................................................ 32 Table 3.14: Question 6: additions / updates to Appendix B ....................................................... 33 Table 3.15: Question 7: comments ............................................................................................ 35 Table 3.16: Question 8: comments ............................................................................................ 38 Table 3.17: Question 9: comments ............................................................................................ 40 Table 3.18: Question 11: additional / alternative responses ...................................................... 42 Table 3.19: Question 12: additional suggested stakeholders..................................................... 43 Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework Welsh Assembly Government 2010 iii Stakeholder Participation Feedback Appendices Appendix A MRESF Stage 3: Stakeholder Participation Questionnaire Appendix B Stakeholder Contact List Appendix C Invitation to Stakeholder Workshops and Workshop Timetable Appendix D Comments logged from Workshop Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework Welsh Assembly Government 2010 iv Stakeholder Participation Feedback 1 Introduction 1.1 Project Overview 1.1.1 This document reports on the results of the Stage 3 Stakeholder Participation Process for the ‘Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework’ (MRESF) for Wales; a three stage project currently being undertaken by RPS within Welsh territorial waters on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government. The MRESF is aimed at exploring and enabling the potential for renewable energy extraction from Welsh waters, with the intention being to minimise impacts on environmental resources and socio-economic activities, while maximising the potential for sustainable energy production to be gained from Welsh waters. 1.1.2 The MRESF project was commissioned to investigate offshore wind, wave and tidal stream1 energy, together with the potential for carbon capture and storage (CCS), within Welsh territorial waters2. Stage 3 of the MRESF project only considers wave and tidal stream development, with the reasons for excluding CCS and offshore wind given in the MRESF Technical Addendum (WAG, 2011a). 1.1.3 The overall aim of the project is to develop a framework for enabling the achievement of carbon dioxide emission (and other Green House Gases (GHGs)) reduction targets through sustainable development of wave and tidal stream projects within Welsh waters. 1.1.4 The MRESF project is divided into three stages. Stages 1 and 2 have been undertaken over the past two years, with the outputs from these precursor steps laying the foundation for Stage 3. Stakeholder participation also took place during Stage 1 and the results were reported in the Stage 1 report, to be published as part of the overall project outputs (RPS, 2008). Stage 3 is progressing through 2010 to develop and deliver the overarching Framework early in 2011. Stakeholder participation forms a key part of Stage 3, providing stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on and provide input to the proposed methodology for the development of the MRESF Framework. 1 It should be noted that tidal range technologies, i.e. lagoons and barrages, are outside the remit of the MRESF project and are thus not considered in any of the data collection or assessment work comprising this initiative. The tidal range resource with the Severn Estuary is subject to a Strategic Environmental Assessment being led by DECC and the Assembly continue to support the undertaking of this study. 2 Territorial waters, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), extend 12 nautical miles (22km) from baseline (usually the
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