Planners & Development Economists

Roger Tym & Partners
Roger Tym & Partners

Informing renewable energy proposals

July 2010
Killingholme Marine Terminal, Humber Estuary, North Lincs.

Roger Tym & Partners has been commissioned by Yorkshire Forward to lead a multi-disciplinary team of consultants in preparing a suite of environmental studies assessing the impact of renewable energy proposals on the Humber Estuary environment. The findings will inform decisions by commercial operators on the feasibility of developing an internationally significant renewable energy facility on the South Humber Bank at Killingholme. Such a project consolidates the Humber’s position at the heart of the climate change, renewable energy and national port infrastructure agendas.

The site in question adjoins both the deep water channel of the Humber and a large area of undeveloped land, giving it the potential for commercial facilities such as:
  • A tidal turbine development for the Humber Estuary (eg, a tidal power generation farm), or
  • A multi-user marine terminal associated with the manufacture / assembly of offshore wind turbines.
The range of surveys and studies required includes:
  • Ground investigation
  • Bathymetry and hydrographics
  • Hydrodynamics and sediments transport
  • Navigation
  • Scoping and baseline studies informing Environmental Impact Assessment, including ecology, geology, archaeology, fisheries and flood risk.
The Humber Estuary is of European importance for wildlife and the extent of potential ecological / ornithological impact will be a key issue to be considered in any future development, alongside the contribution made towards national climate change targets and the scale of socio-economic benefits such proposals would generate.

RTP’s team will continue to undertake survey work throughout the summer and will report at the end of 2010.


The multi-disciplinary team includes:
  • Buro Happold
  • Hull University Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies
  • JBA Consulting
  • BMT Group
  • Humber Field Archaeology