The Socio-Economic Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms

Marine Scotland Directorate wishes to commission a piece of research on behalf of Scottish Ministers to understand what the socio-economic impacts are from offshore wind farm developments, and how these may differ at different phases of a development. The project will use a case study approach to investigate where socio-economic impacts generated by Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) developments are experienced, who is impacted and what the impacts are over the different phases in the lifecycle of a project.