Socio-economic Baseline Review for Offshore Renewables in Scottish Waters Volume 1: Main Text

Footnotes

1. Defined in The Renewable Energy Zone (Designation of Area) (Scottish Ministers) Order 2005, ISBN 0110736176.

2. SEPA Coastal Flooding: http://www.sepa.org.uk/flooding/flood_warning_-_what_we_do/coastal_flooding.aspx

3. See Scottish Government Internet site:
( www.sepa.org.uk/flooding/be_flood_aware/types_of_flooding/coastal_flooding.aspx)

4. See Engineering Timelines Internet site:
( http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=988).

5. See Scottish Government Internet site:
( http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/Infrastructure).

6. See Visit Cruachan Internet site:
( http://www.visitcruachan.co.uk/about/history.asp).

7. All data on electricity generation sourced from DECC via the Scottish Government Energy Statistics Database: ( http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/Energy/Database).

8. See the Scottish Government Internet site ( http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/07/06095830/13).

9. Energy in Scotland: A Compendium of Scottish Energy Statistics and Information, Report produced Dec. 2010

10. Note that the Verso Economics figure is taken from a summary report; the full report does not ap p.a. to be publicly available. It is therefore not possible to identify the data from which the figure is extrapolated.

11. See Digest of UK Energy Statistics ( DUKES), Long term trends, available from the DECC Internet site:

( http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/publications/dukes/dukes.aspx).

12. See Scottish Government 2012

( http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2012/03/geenenergytargets29032012).

13. Note that the National Renewables Infrastructure Plan ( NRIP) is intended to deal with this issue through focusing on several supply chain ports.

14. Defence Analytical Services and Advice website:
http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/UKDS/UKDS2011/c1/table105.php

15. DECC Oil and Gas website:
https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/information/index.htm

16. The cruising routes shown in the RYA Atlas give the typical routes followed by recreational sailors at the present time. Routes may change in future due to new developments (e.g. marinas), changes in wind patterns or increased shipping traffic (Graham Russell, RYA Scotland, pers. comm. 18 Jan 2011).

17. The Border and Scotland ITV Regions comprise the Gra mp.a., Scottish and Border ITV Regions. Gra mp.a. Television covers the North and North East of Scotland, Scottish Television covers Central Scotland and Border Television covers the Dumfries and Galloway region, part of the south west area of Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders but also parts of Northumbria and most of Cumbria in England.

18. Cited in the RYA Scotland's and the SBA's Offshore Wind SEA consultation responses. This value was based on a report by Scottish Enterprise (2006) (Mike Balmforth, SBA, pers. comm. 18 Jan 2011). This report estimated that the annual economic impact of the marine leisure industry in Scotland was £250 million, supporting around 7,000 jobs.

19. The population of Highland LA is divided equally between NE and NW regions.

20. Adjustments made using the Bank of England inflation calculator.

21. http://www.crofting.org/index.php/faqs/67

22. The social economy is based around sustainable and widespread prosperity. It is an economy established for social purposes, which tends to involve community or user participation, and is increasingly focused on sustainable growth. Social economy turnover represents the degree to which the third sector (i.e. charities, voluntary and volunteering organisations, faith organisations, co-operatives and mutual societies and social enterprises) is generating income through trading activity (Source: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/ Performance/scotPerforms/indicators/socialEconomy).

23. The datazones have been identified as 'coastal' where there is a boundary with the high water mark. In some cases, especially cities, some smaller datazones will be included as being coastal whereas the city itself (and datazones without a coastal boundary will not). This definition is based on the likely need for much of the manufacturing and maintenance activities to be located in close proximity to the coast. The social and community issues could extend further inland, but the extent of this impact is not known and may vary from plans to plans, hence, it is considered more appropriate to compare the rank of deprivation across those datazones that are on the coast with those that are not.

24. Based on the Scottish Government's two main indicators of poverty: relative poverty (individuals in households whose equivalised income is below 60% of UK median income in the same year) and absolute poverty (individuals living in households whose equivalised income if below 60% of the (inflation adjusted) median income in 1998/00) (Scottish Government, 2011c).

25. See VisitScotland Internet site (http://www.visitscotland.com/). The definition of sport includes casual participation in physical recreations such as walking (2+ miles), dance, darts and snooker/billiards/pool as well as more organised sports.

26. Note that the figures are aggregated estimates for 2007-2009, thus they indicate the likely number of people participating in each activity over a three year time period.

27. It should be noted that figures for walking encompass both land-based and seaside tourism, though a separate category for Hill walking/Mountaineering, likely to be a more land-based activity, is not included in the walking analysis.

28. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1445

29. Note that it is not clear how much of this figure can be allocated to marine and coastal tourism; this lack of information represents a data gap.

30. Natural landscapes and seascapes may also have value in terms of providing health and wellbeing benefits. However, these benefits are not considered here since they are very difficult to quantify and relate to the wider population rather than just to tourists.

31. http://www.wild-scotland.org.uk/

32. See VisitScotland Internet site: ( http://www.visitscotland.org/).

33. Canoeing is a general term for a range of 'paddle sports' which includes sea kayaking, surf kayaking, sit-on-top kayaking and Canadian canoeing.

34. Some of these activities are carried out inland as well as at the coast. Table 44 in the BMF (2009) study indicates what proportion of each activity is actually carried out at the coast and this information was used to adjust overall totals.

35. The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network's ( SSACN) Offshore Wind SEA consultation response, available on the Scottish Government website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2010/11/03131226/0.

36. The authors highlighted that the jobs and incomes supported by sea angling in Scotland were estimated using a model of the Scottish economy and not by summing the totals for each region. Hence there was a slight difference between the Scottish totals and the sum of the regional values even though conceptually they should have been identical.

37. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1445

38. Note that the boundary for the South West region does not match that of Dumfries and Galloway. The county actually covers a larger area than the South West region as defined for this study. Thus, when looking at the tourism figures, they should be viewed as overestimates for the region (which are used in the absence of any other data).

39. See British Energy Internet site ( http://www.british-energy.com/pagetemplate.php?pid=90).

40. Heavy use = 6 or more recreational craft may be seen at all times during summer/daylight hours. Includes entrances to harbours, anchorages and planss of rescue; Moderate use = popular - some recreational craft will be seen at most times during summer daylight hours; Light use = routes known to be commonly used. (Source: RYA, 2005).

41. http://www.crofting.org/index.php/faqs/67

42. http://www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk/

43. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1445

44. It is acknowledged that not all these areas are within the West Region, however data cannot be disaggregated further.

45. Note that such information is generally not given out by power companies for security reasons.

46. http://www.crofting.org/index.php/faqs/67

47. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1445

48. See Scottish Government Internet site ( http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/Countryside/Heritage/Heritage).

49. Note that data for the Highlands are reported under the North East region.

50. Note that such information is not given out by power companies for security reasons.

51. http://og.decc.gov.uk/en/olgs/cms/explorationpro/explorationpro.aspx.

52. https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/information/bb_uplanss/appendices/Appendix9.xls.

53. https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/information/bb_up.a.es/appendices/UKCS_I_and_E_Annual.pdf.

54. https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/information/index.htm

55. http://www.crofting.org/index.php/faqs/67

56. See Historic Scotland Internet site: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/neolithic-orkney.

57. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1445

58. SSE Website: http://www.sse.com/PressReleases2011/CCSPeterhead/

59. BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-15650454.

60. See Scottish Government Internet site
( http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/Infrastructure/Major-Power-Stations).

61. http://og.decc.gov.uk/en/olgs/cms/explorationpro/explorationpro.aspx

62. https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/information/bb_up.a.es/appendices/Appendix9.xls

63. https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/information/bb_up.a.es/appendices/UKCS_I_and_E_Annual.pdf

64. This includes 50% of the population of Highland LA due to the split of this Local Authority area across the North West and North East regions.

65. http://www.crofting.org/index.php/faqs/67

66. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1445

67. Source: The Press and Journal Website : http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1927287

68. http://og.decc.gov.uk/en/olgs/cms/explorationpro/explorationpro.aspx.

69. https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/information/bb_up.a.es/appendices/Appendix9.xls

70. https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/information/bb_up.a.es/appendices/UKCS_I_and_E_Annual.pdf

71. The Blue Flag is a voluntary eco-label which is awarded to around 3,650 beaches and marinas in 46 countries. The programme is run by a non-government non-profit making organisation called the Foundation for Environmental Education ( FEE). Beaches are awarded a Blue Flag provided that they comply with 32 criteria covering environmental education and information, water quality, environmental management, and safety and services. Awards are made on a season by season basis, and may be withdrawn during a season if the criteria are no longer met. For information on Blue Flag Beaches see the Blue Flag Internet site ( www.blueflag.org).

72. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1445