News from the IWDG Consulting Team

Meadhbh Quinn is one of IWDG Consulting leading MMOs. She has been working with us for many years and currently works on the Dublin port ABR Capital Dredging Programme and the AFLOWT project. She was recently featured by the Women Offshore Foundation, also known as Women Offshore​, which is an online organization and resource center […]

IWDG Consulting have started fieldwork in North Mayo as part of the AFLOWT project. Commissioned by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to deliver the marine mammal component of AFLOWT (https://www.nweurope.eu/projects/project-search/aflowt-accelerating-market-uptake-of-floating-offshore-wind-technology/), the IWDG are contracted to: i) collate all background data on the site ii) carry out a gap analysis iii) establish baseline indices […]

IWDG have been contracted by Energia to carry out 24 months visual and acoustic marine mammal monitoring as part of site surveys for a proposed offshore windfarm off Helvick Head. surveys, Techniques include distance sampling during dedicated marine mammal surveys, VP land-based watches and Static Acoustic Monitoring at 5 sites.  This is the second large offshore […]

IWDG Consulting have won a contract to carry out a 12 month visual and static acoustic survey of the site of the proposed offshore windfarm off Clogherhead, Co Louth. This windfarm has been in the planning phase for many years having first been identified in 2006. With  recent demands for a rapid move to de-carbonising […]