Identification

Title
MRESF - Wave Constraints - Wholly Submerged
Abstract

The Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework (MRESF) project has investigated the potential marine renewable energy tidal and wave resource of Welsh waters and considered potential scenarios for the sustainable development of that resource primarily as an aid to policy development and also an indicator of resource for potential developers.

The Marine Renewable Energy Strategic Framework (MRESF) examined the potential constraints imposed on wave and tidal energy developments. Data included, among other constraints, shipping and related activities (anchoring, pilot boarding, harbours, etc); seascape sensitivity; national parks and heritage areas; wrecks; submarine cables; existing energy developments; fisheries and fish spawning areas; military practice areas; diving birds, cetaceans; seals; conservation designations; and dredging routes. Some constraint categories were divided into multiple layers, such as different shipping intensities, different fish values, or cetacean or seal vulnerability. A complete list of the constraints is presented in RPS (2011). The constraints on tidal or wave energy developments were ranked according to the likelihood that they would impede consent being given for a development. Each polygon feature part contains data on the constraints at each level within that area.

Licence
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Publication date
Type
Spatial data
Category:
Oceans

Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters). Examples: tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs

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Regions
Global
Approved
Yes
Published
Yes
Featured
No
Group
Geography & Technology

Information

Spatial extent
Projection system
EPSG:32630
Extension x0
292900.0
Extension x1
523900.0
Extension y0
5681550.0
Extension y1
5944050.0

Features

Spatial Representation Type
Vector data is used to represent geographic data

Contact

Email
data@gov.wales
Organisation
Welsh Government
Department
Geography & Technology

References

Link online
/layers/appdata-wg-marine:wave_ws_age
Metadata page
/layers/appdata-wg-marine:wave_ws_age/metadata_detail

OGC Geopackage
MRESF - Wave Constraints - Wholly Submerged.gpkg
DXF
MRESF - Wave Constraints - Wholly Submerged.dxf
GML 2.0
MRESF - Wave Constraints - Wholly Submerged.gml
GML 3.1.1
MRESF - Wave Constraints - Wholly Submerged.gml
CSV
MRESF - Wave Constraints - Wholly Submerged.csv
Excel
MRESF - Wave Constraints - Wholly Submerged.excel
Zipped Shapefile
MRESF - Wave Constraints - Wholly Submerged.zip
GeoJSON
MRESF - Wave Constraints - Wholly Submerged.json

OWS endpoints

WMS
WFS