NICE Protection
Project Overview:
NICE Protection (Nature Inclusive Cable Enhancement and Protection)
Status: Active
Start date: August 2022
Lead Organisation: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
The NICE Protection project is working to encourage the coexistence of marine life on offshore wind cabling materials to support wildlife and deliver a biodiversity net gain. The research is focused on building evidence around the potential ecological impacts of Nature Inclusive Design (NID) technologies for cable protection, compared to existing ‘standard’ cable protection technologies, with the aim of delivering biodiversity net gain.
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Project Funders:
- The Crown Estate
- European Subsea Cables Association (ESCA)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
- Natural England
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
- DEME Group
- RWE Energy
Associated Organisations:
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) (Lead Organisation)
- The Crown Estate
- Accelerating Reef Creation (ARC) Marine
