SPONSORS OF EAST OF SCOTLAND VENTO LUDENS SELECTS EDINBURGH,
FOR ITS UK BASE Vento ludens was founded in 1996 in Bavaria, Germany. The UK office has been working on renewable energy projects since 2005 and more recently their office in Switzerland was opened in 2008.
The UK team of 14 is based in the inspiring city of Edinburgh. Their key aim is to develop projects that are of the highest quality design, are sensitively sited and deliver the greatest energy output with the least impact on the natural environment.
FIRST UK WINDFARM Their first UK wind farm in Aberdeenshire became operational at the end of 2011, and in August 2012 they were granted consent for a 21 MW Wind Farm in Moray. In addition, there are a further 64 MW in planning and a pipeline of projects at various stages of development.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The local community are central to all projects. The process of community consultation is started at project inception in order to assess local opinion and to also effectively communicate the inherent benefits of each project. Carefully planned strategic consultation can
GLOBAL SOLUTIONS - KONGSBERG MARITIME
Kongsberg Maritime provide key technology & proven solutions to the global offshore renewable, oil & gas, subsea survey & construction, merchant marine industries & academic research institutes around the world.
SERVICES INCLUDE… • Acoustic noise measurement, monitoring & impact assessment
• Autonomous underwater vehicles • Robust underwater camera systems • Fish stock monitoring & behavioral study
• Vessel dynamic positioning (DP), & navigation
• Integrated automation • Multibeam echo sounders • Hydro-acoustic/INS and DGPS position reference
• Attitude monitoring • Scour monitoring
AUTONOMOUS ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS Experts in the field, they provide autonomous acoustic noise measurement
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systems which measure & monitor underwater noise during all stages of project development, installation and the ongoing operation and maintenance of offshore renewable structures. High quality data, in all accepted formats, is then readily available for post-processing, analysis, & impact assessment. Current clients include SSER, Aquamarine Power & MeyGen.
EQUIPMENT RENTAL SERVICE From Aberdeen the company offers an Equipment Rental service supplying equipment including the small portable
Hydroid REMUS100 AUV. This small “man-portable” underwater vehicle can be programmed to carry out detailed hydrographic surveys, autonomously, in very shallow water to determine site & debris clearance, effects of scouring, regular inspection of seabed and foundations.
Kongsberg
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motivate, support, and deliver a valuable development. In fact, by engaging early and intensively with the local community and their representatives, there is an ability to speed up the planning process.
TRANSPARENCY
Regarding community benefit, Vento Ludens applies a transparent approach to all projects, which essentially involves working with the local community to find out...
• If there is scope to establish a community investment initiative
• What type of community fund would work for the local community and how they would like it administered
• What other benefits would be attractive to this particular community
Community benefit is high on the agenda both politically and within vento ludens. The recently published report “Securing the Benefits of Wind Power in Scotland. A New Concept for Community Benefit Provision” commissioned by the company, it seeks to ignite an industry wide debate on the future of Community Benefit.
Vento Ludens
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