UK Tells Offshore Developers "Make Less Noise" During Bomb Disposal

The UK government is telling the developers of offshore sites including wind farms to adopt new tactics to ”reduce harmful noise” as they continue to build the projects. During surveys and development, they often encounter unexploded shells and bombs left over from the two World Wars that need to be disposed of as well as construction steps such as pile driving which creates underwater noise.

The government reports that there are over 300,000 pieces of unexploded ordnance from the First and Second World Wars that sit on the UK seabed. A 2020 report to Parliament estimated the number as high as 500,000 pieces. If encountered, it must be cleared during the c…