Atlas of UK marine renewables resources

Developing the most recognised source of publicly available data of waves, tides and winds for UK waters

In 2003, to help government take forward its ambitions for the marine renewable energy sector, ABPmer initiated the development of the Atlas of the UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources.

Working with major marine data holders - the Met Office and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory - ABPmer’s data architects managed the delivery of the Atlas, bringing the data together into Geographic Information System (GIS) data layers.

The original Atlas was published in September 2004, and greater access to updated datasets was afforded via an online webGIS in 2008.

In 2011, the Atlas and associated downloads were hosted on the ABPmer website. By 2017, these resources were made available on a dedicated microsite, the UK Renewables Atlas.

We continue to maintain an in-house development programme to extend the information made available through the Atlas, and actively monitor uptake across the industry. We have also developed a set of unique exploration tools to complement the resource maps to enable a greater level of understanding at site selection.

The Atlas continues to attract great interest across the industry and remains as the most recognised source of freely available information of detailed regional descriptions of potential marine energy resources in UK waters.

To explore the Atlas and associated downloads, visit the UK Renewables Atlas microsite.

ABPmer assists the renewables sector throughout the project lifecycle; from site selection and feasibility, through environmental impact assessment and consenting to engineering design, construction and operation and maintenance.

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