UK Renewables Atlas User Guide

What's inside?
Online user guide
Atlas licence agreement
Attributions
Referencing

Here is what you can see in the Renewables Atlas.

Data marked with a * are available to download in GIS format.

Need something else? Call our metocean specialists on +44 (0)23 8071 1874 or send us a message

Waves
Annual Wave Height*
Spring Wave Height*
Summer Wave Height*
Autumn Wave Height*
Winter Wave Height*

Wind
Annual Wind Speed (100m)*
Spring Wind Speed (100m)*
Summer Wind Speed (100m)*
Autumn Wind Speed (100m)*
Winter Wind Speed (100m)*

Tide
Spring Peak Flow*
Neap Peak Flow*
Spring Range*
Neap Range*
Spring Power*
Neap Power*
Annual Power*
Annual % exceedance 1m/s
Annual % exceedance 2m/s
Tidal excursion ellipses (Mean tide)

Boundaries
UK Continental Shelf
UK Territorial Waters 12nm Limit
England Marine Plan Areas (MMO)
Wind lease areas (TCE and CES)
Wave lease areas (TCE and CES)
Tide lease areas (TCE and CES)

Seabed sediments (BGS)
Offshore 1:250 000 scale hard substrate
Offshore 1:250 000 scale sea bed sediment
Offshore 1:250 000 scale marine bedrock linear features
Offshore 1:250 000 scale marine bedrock polygons

SEASTATES (ABPmer)
Wind summary statistics
Wave summary statistics
Wind roses
Wave roses

Open the Atlas
Zoom and pan around map, turning resource layers on and off from the Layers tab as required
You can look for specific types of layers using the search box (some will be greyed out until you zoom in enough to see them on the map)
Click the Legend tab to learn about the visual markers
Click on resource areas on the map for more information, or use the bottom menu
Interact with key datasets in the table to study the data further

For additional support, call +44 (0)23 8071 1874 or send us a message.

This is a licence agreement between the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (as of 03/10/2008 this is the Department of Energy and Climate Change, where the energy group now resides) ("licensor") and you ("licensee").

You must read and accept all the terms and conditions set out below before you use the data.

By using the data, you (an individual or legal entity) agree with the licensor to become the licensee to this licence agreement and consent to be bound by all of its terms.

If you do not agree to all of the terms of this licence agreement, do not use the data.

1. Grant of Licence

1.1. By using the Data the Licensor grants you ("the Licensee") a non-exclusive, non-transferable limited licence to use the accompanying Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources Data sets including without limitation the Met Office and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory data forming part of the content, electronic documentation (if applicable) strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Licence Agreement.

1.2. The Licensee must ensure that the copyright notice of the Licensor is duplicated as it appears in or on the Data on all authorised copies. The Licensee must not assign or transfer this Licence Agreement to any third party. The Licensee shall destroy the Data and all upgrades (if any) or copies in its possession promptly upon termination of this Licence Agreement or discontinuance of the licence granted, for whatever reason.

1.3. The Data is provided 'as is' without any warranty of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose.

1.4. The express terms of this Licence Agreement are in lieu of all warranties, conditions, undertakings, terms and obligations implied by statute, common law, trade usage, course of dealing or otherwise all of which are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

1.5. The Licensor does not warrant that the Data will be error-free or that such errors will be corrected and the Licensee is solely responsible for all costs and expenses associated with rectification, repair or damage caused by such errors.

1.6. Except for death or personal injury arising from the Licensor's negligence, the Licensor excludes and disclaims all liability for any loss or damage whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with this Licence Agreement, the Data, its use or otherwise. The Licensor expressly excludes liability for indirect, special, incidental or consequential loss or damage (including without limitation loss of profits or business) howsoever caused even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Licensee incurs any liability whatsoever under this Licence Agreement, such liability is limited to the licence fee paid by the Licensee for the Data.

2. Ownership of the Data

2.1. The Licensor shall at all times remain the owners of their respective intellectual property and like proprietary rights subsisting in or used in connection with the Data (including without limitation copyrights and database rights).

2.2. The Licensor may terminate this Licence Agreement at any time if the Licensee is in breach of any of the terms and conditions of this Licence Agreement. The Licensee may terminate this Licence Agreement at any time by destroying the Data and all copies of it. If the Licensor notifies the Licensee of such termination, the Licensee shall comply with the provisions of this Licence Agreement.

2.3. The Crown owns the intellectual property rights in the Met Office and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Data which form part of the Data set. The Licensee shall not have any rights or interests in the Met Office or Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Data other than as described in this Licence Agreement. The Met Office Data is derived from model output with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationary Office © Crown copyright. The Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Data is derived from model outputs with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationary Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. The Licensee must ensure that it protects and does not interfere with any trade names and trademarks that are in or accompany the Met Office and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Data. All copies of the Met Office and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory Data in whatever from must contain the following acknowledgement: '© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved 2008.'.

2.4. Contains public sector information, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, from Crown Estate Scotland.

2.6. Contains data delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: ‘Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI [year]’. Contact the BGS if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others. The BGS provides no warranty as to the quality, accuracy or completeness of this free map data or the medium on which it is supplied. This includes any warranty as to the continued provision of material or that the material taken from this site is compatible with your computer system and/or any other data with which the material is to be used. Please be aware that the BGS may make changes to this service. This will include, but is not limited to, the level of attribution seen for each type of geology, and changes to zoom thresholds.

3. Law and Jurisdiction

3.1. This Licence Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by English law and subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

1. Contains data provided by The Crown Estate that is protected by copyright and database rights.

2. Contains public sector information, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, from Crown Estate Scotland.

4. Contains data delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: ‘Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI [year]’. Contact the BGS if you create something new and innovative that could benefit others. The BGS provides no warranty as to the quality, accuracy or completeness of this free map data or the medium on which it is supplied. This includes any warranty as to the continued provision of material or that the material taken from this site is compatible with your computer system and/or any other data with which the material is to be used. Please be aware that the BGS may make changes to this service. This will include, but is not limited to, the level of attribution seen for each type of geology, and changes to zoom thresholds.

UK Marine Renewables Atlas

If you wish to publish material from the Atlas, please include the following citation:

Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources. 2008. ABPmer. Date of access (e.g. 01 January 2024) http://www.renewables-atlas.info/

All data remains Crown Copyright and figures using the Atlas data or images should include the statement:

SEASTATES

If you wish to publish material taken from ABPmer SEASTATES, please include the following citation:

SEASTATES. 2018. ABPmer. Date of access (e.g. 01 January 2024) https://www.renewables-atlas.info/

Atlas User Guide

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The UK Renewables Atlas is the most recognised source
of publicly available data for waves, tides and winds in UK waters

A free resource maintained by ABPmer

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