Community cashes in on Triton Knoll

Both amounts are subject to the final installed capacity of the wind farm.  

People in Lincolnshire living close to the proposed onshore infrastructure of the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm are being encouraged to tell the developer how they would like a major new community investment fund to work in their area.  

A newsletter with details of how to take part in the consultation has been sent to homes along the onshore cable route. Anyone can have their say by completing a questionnaire, either online or via post, and returning it no later than 5pm on 26th February 2015.

RWE Innogy UK’s Project Manager for Triton Knoll, Jacob Hain, said: “This is a great opportunity for the area and for local people to have their say on how our funding should be spent.

“We take pride in the delivery of our community funding schemes and want to ensure they are set up to reflect the priorities of the local community, support sustainable projects and build on strategic goals in order to attract other forms of grant funding if possible.

“We’d like to hear from as many people as possible during this consultation. Anyone can have their say on how this funding should be spent by completing our questionnaire.”

Feedback on the consultation can be provided via questionnaires online at:  www.rweinnogy.com /tritonknoll.

Given the British MPs debated the Report Stage and Third Reading of the Infrastructure Bill on Monday where amendments to the Bill included "an electricity community right to buy for onshore renewables " this can be seen as both a generous and prudent move by RWE Innogy.

Triton Knoll is an offshore wind farm that has consent to be built off the coast of Lincolnshire.  It is too early to say how many wind turbines will be installed as the number depends on the size of turbine used, however it will be up to a maximum of 250 turbines in total, depending in the capacity of the windfarm, which was originally up to 1,200 megawatts (MW), but this has now been revised down to a maximum of 900MW.   The maximum height will be 220 metres to the tip of the blade. The maximum annual electricity expected to be generated from the wind farm site is equivalent to the approximate domestic needs of up to 800,000 average UK households.        Furthermore it is estimated that Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm could create 500 UK jobs during construction and up to 325 UK jobs during operation.

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