Acronyms
Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
AA | Appropriate Appraisal |
ACAP | Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels |
AEOI | Adverse Effect on the Integrity |
AFBINI | Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute of Northern Ireland |
ANS | Artificial Nesting Structure |
AoS | Areas of Search |
BTO | British Trust for Ornithology |
BMP | Bycatch Monitoring Program |
Cefas | Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science |
CES | Crown Estate Scotland |
CfD | Contracts for Difference |
CIMP | Compensation Implementation and Monitoring Plan |
CIP | Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners |
CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
CSP | Catch Sampling Programmes |
cSAC | Candidate Special Area of Conservation |
pSAC | Possible Special Area of Conservation |
Defra | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
DESNZ | UK Government’s Secretary of State for Energy, Security and Net Zero |
DPO | Draft Plan Option |
EC | European Commission |
ECJ | European Court of Justice |
ECO | Electricity System Operator |
EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
EU | European Union |
GHG | Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
GIS | Geographic Information System |
HNDFUE | National Grid Holistic Network Design Follow Up Exercise |
HRA | Habitats Regulations Appraisal |
ICES | International Council for the Exploration of the Sea |
INTOG | Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas Decarbonisation |
IROPI | Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest |
JNCC | Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
LAT | Lowest Astronomical Tide |
MCAA | Marine and Coastal Access Act |
MCP | Mink Control Project |
MD-LOT | Marine Directorate – Licensing Operations Team |
MD-SEDD | Marine Directorate Science, Evidence, Data and Digital |
MGN | Marine Guidance Note |
MoU | Memoranda of Understanding |
MPA | Marine Protected Area |
MSS | Marine Scotland Science |
NSN | National Site Network |
NRW | Natural Resources Wales |
OSP | Offshore Substation Platform |
Ossian OWFL | Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Limited |
OTNR | Offshore Transmission Network Review |
PBR | Potential Biological Removal |
PO | Plan Option |
REZ | Renewable Energy Zone |
RIAA | Report to Inform Appropriate Assessment |
RSPB | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
SAC | Special Area of Conservation |
SCI | Sites of Community Importance |
SEA | Strategic Environmental Assessment |
SEIA | Social and Economic Impact Assessment |
SFF | Scottish Fishermen’s Federation |
SISI | Scottish Invasive Species Initiative |
SMP | Sectoral Marine Plan |
SMRU | Sea Mammal Research Unit |
SNCB | Statutory Nature Conservation Bodies |
SOI | Scottish Oceans Institute |
SPA | Special Protection Area |
SPEA | Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves) |
SSER | SSE Renewables Limited |
SSI | Species Sensitivity Index |
TCE | The Crown Estate |
TEC | Transmission Entry Capacity |
UK | United Kingdom |