Orkney Islands Council

"As a council, our activities touch the lives of everyone living in our island community, from schools to the care of the elderly, from rubbish collection to maintaining the county’s roads and from caring for burial grounds to handling planning applications. OIC has an impact on many aspects of everyday life. With around 1,800 staff, we are also the county’s biggest employer."

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Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with Orkney Islands Council.

Total: 7

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Title	Author	Date	Content Type	Technology	Stressor	Receptor
Orkney Islands Regional Marine Plan	Orkney Islands Council	February 2026	Report	Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind		Water Quality, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Health & Safety, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning, Navigation, Recreation & Tourism, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement, Visual Impacts
Orkney Islands Marine Region: State of the Environment Assessment	Orkney Islands Council	January 2021	Report	Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave, Wind Energy, Fixed Offshore Wind		Birds, Physical Environment, Fish, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Social & Economic Data, Stakeholder Engagement
Biodiversity Characterisation and Hydrodynamic Consequences of Marine Fouling Communities on Marine Renewable Energy Infrastructure in the Orkney Islands Archipelago, Scotland, UK	Want, A., Crawford, R., Kakkonen, J.	July 2017	Journal Article	Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave	Habitat Change	Invertebrates
Churchill Barriers - Wave Overtopping and Tidal Flow Energy Capture: Screening Request	Harrison, J., Tobin, F., Revill, D.	January 2015	Report	Marine Energy, Tidal
Councils in Partnership: A Local Authority Perspective on Marine Spatial Planning	Turnbull, S.	April 2014	Presentation	Marine Energy		Human Dimensions, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning
Pilot Marine Spatial Plan for the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters	Turnbull, S.	April 2012	Research Study	Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave	Habitat Change, Noise	Birds, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Human Dimensions, Fisheries, Marine Spatial Planning
Churchill Barriers - Wave Overtopping and Tidal Flow Energy Capture	Orkney Islands Council		Project Site	Marine Energy, Tidal, Wave