WAVE ENERGY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE | Deliverable 2.1. Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity DELIVERABLE 2.1 Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity 1 WAVE ENERGY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE | Deliverable 2.1. Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity 2 WAVE ENERGY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE | Deliverable 2.1. Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity WP 2 Environmental Monitoring Deliverable 2.1 Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity PROJECT COORDINATOR AZTI TASK LEADER AZTI AUTHORS Pedro Vinagre, WavEC Erica Cruz, WavEC Paulo Chainho, WavEC Pablo Ruiz, CTN Ivan Felis, CTN Iñigo Muxika, AZTI Juan Bald, AZTI SUBMISSION DATE 28 | February| 2019 CITATION Vinagre P.A., Cruz E., Chainho P., Ruiz P., Felis I., Muxika I., Bald J., 2019. Deliverable 2.1 Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity. Corporate deliverable of the Wave Energy in the Southern Europe (WESE) Project funded by the European Commission. Agreement number EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.1/02/SI2.787640. 60 pp. 3 WAVE ENERGY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE | Deliverable 2.1. Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity WESE Wave Energy in the Southern Europe D2.1 Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity 4 WAVE ENERGY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE | Deliverable 2.1. Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity CONTENTS 1. WESE PROJECT SYNOPSIS ....................................................................................................................... 7 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 9 3. OBJECTIVE ............................................................................................................................................ 10 4. DESCRIPTION OF TEST SITES AND DEVICES UNDER STUDY .................................................................... 11 4.1 WAVEROLLER – PENICHE TEST SITE (PORTUGAL) ........................................................................................... 11 4.2 MARMOK-A-5 – BIMEP TEST SITE (SPAIN) ................................................................................................. 11 4.3 MUTRIKU POWER PLANT – MUTRIKU TEST SITE (SPAIN) .................................................................................. 15 5. NOISE MONITORING PLAN ................................................................................................................... 17 5.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 17 5.1.1 Objectives ................................................................................................................................ 17 5.1.2 Previous work .......................................................................................................................... 17 5.2 MONITORING PARAMETERS AND EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................... 19 5.2.1 Acoustic parameters ................................................................................................................ 19 5.2.2 Auxiliary parameters................................................................................................................ 22 5.2.3 Complementary parameters .................................................................................................... 23 5.3 SAMPLING DESIGN AND METHODS ............................................................................................................. 23 5.3.1 Static measurements ............................................................................................................... 24 5.3.2 Mobile surveys ......................................................................................................................... 28 5.3.3 Airborne measurements ........................................................................................................... 33 5.3.4 Auxiliary measurements........................................................................................................... 34 5.4 CALIBRATION OF THE EQUIPMENT .............................................................................................................. 35 5.5 DATA STORAGE ..................................................................................................................................... 35 5.5.1 Acoustic data ........................................................................................................................... 35 5.5.2 Auxiliary data .......................................................................................................................... 35 5.6 DATA PROCESSING ................................................................................................................................. 36 5.6.1 Underwater acoustic data ........................................................................................................ 36 5.6.2 Airborne acoustic data ............................................................................................................. 36 5.7 REPORTS ............................................................................................................................................. 36 6. ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS MONITORING PLAN ................................................................................... 37 6.1 MAGNETIC FIELDS DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................ 38 6.1.1 Ambient electromagnetic fields ................................................................................................ 39 6.1.2 Subsea power cable electromagnetic fields .............................................................................. 40 6.1.3 Objectives ................................................................................................................................ 42 6.2 MONITORING PARAMETERS AND EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................... 42 6.2.1 WaveRoller – Peniche test site (Portugal) ................................................................................. 42 6.2.2 Marmok-A-5 – BiMEP test site (Spain) ...................................................................................... 43 6.3 SAMPLING DESIGN ................................................................................................................................. 45 6.3.1 Sampling stations .................................................................................................................... 45 6.3.2 Sampling period and frequency ................................................................................................ 47 6.4 DATA PROCESSING ................................................................................................................................. 47 6.5 REPORTS ............................................................................................................................................. 48 7. SEABED INTEGRITY MONITORING PLAN ............................................................................................... 49 7.1 OBJECTIVES.......................................................................................................................................... 49 7.2 PREVIOUS WORK ................................................................................................................................... 49 7.2.1 WaveRoller – Peniche test site (Portugal) ................................................................................. 49 7.2.2 Marmok-A-5 – BiMEP test site (Spain) ...................................................................................... 49 7.3 MONITORING PARAMETERS AND EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................... 50 5 WAVE ENERGY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE | Deliverable 2.1. Monitoring plans for Noise, Electromagnetic Fields and Seabed Integrity 7.4 SAMPLING DESIGN ................................................................................................................................. 51 7.4.1 Sampling methods ................................................................................................................... 51 7.4.2 Sampling effort and sea conditions .......................................................................................... 54 7.5 DATA ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................................................... 54 7.5.1 Video imaging analysis ............................................................................................................ 54 7.6 REPORTS ............................................................................................................................................. 54 8. REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................................... 55 9. ANNEX I. RECORDING SHEET FOR UNDERWATER NOISE MONITORING. ............................................... 56 10. ANNEX II. ROV SAMPLING DIVE LOG SHEET. ........................................................................................