Predators and Prey Around Renewable Energy Developments (PrePARED)
PrePARED is a collaborative research project, funded by the Offshore Wind Evidence & Change programme and Crown Estate Scotland.
It concurrently studies predator (seabird and marine mammal) and prey (fish) distribution and behaviour in and around offshore wind farms, providing critical insight into cumulative effects from large scale development for key species.
Bringing together expertise from government, academia, nature conservation agencies and industry, PrePARED will address critical knowledge gaps that are barriers to sustainable offshore wind development, required to help meet the government’s renewable energy targets and subsequently reach net zero.
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PrePARED Partners
PrePARED Funders
Plus in kind contributions from Scottish Goverment Marine Directorate, University of Aberdeen, University of Exeter, Natural England and NatureScot.
The following offshore wind farms have also contributed bird and marine mammal monitoring data: Forth and Tay – Inchcape, Seagreen and Neart na Gaoithe; Moray Firth – Beatrice, Moray West, Moray East. More information on these sites and the developers who operate them can be found on our General Information page.