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About Wozep

In 2015, the Ministry of Economic Affairs decided to set up an integrated monitoring programme to study gaps in our knowledge relating to the impact of offshore wind farms on the ecosystem of the North Sea. This generic programme was established in response to a recommendation from Rijkswaterstaat, based on the findings from research and monitoring of “Round 1 and 2 wind farms” that the knowledge gaps are primarily generic rather than specific to individual wind farms. This led to the establishment of the Offshore Wind Ecological Programme (Wozep).  Wozep started in 2016 with ‘no regret’ research. This includes feasibility studies, international inventories for data and knowledge and pilot research with field observations. At the end of 2016 there will be a monitoring and research programme for the coming years (2017-2021). Focus points for research on the ecological effects are birds, bats, sea mammals, benthos and fish.