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APEM Completes East Anglia ONE and TWO Wildlife Surveys
Official Press Release APEM:
East Anglia ONE and TWO surveys completed
APEM has completed offshore wildlife surveys for the proposed East Anglia ONE North and TWO wind farms, photographing a combined area of over 1,000 square kilometres.
Over 35,000 ultra-high resolution images have been collected and analysed in order to count and identify the species of seabirds and marine mammals. Each one of the millions of pixels in the individual photographs is equivalent to an area of just two square centimetres on the sea surface. APEM conducted 24 aerial surveys of the 800 MW East Anglia ONE North proposed wind farm, as well as 18 aerial surveys of the 900 MW East Anglia TWO proposed development. Six surveys of East Anglia TWO had previously been conducted by APEM in 2015-16. The survey areas for East Anglia ONE North, located... ... More: Official Press Release APEM
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