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DONG Energy has published a Preliminary Environmental Impact Report (PEIR)
containing new information about its
Hornsea
Project Three offshore wind farm.
The report is part of a wider formal public consultation that will run
from today (27 July) to 20 September 2017.
The PEIR contains a refined cable route and proposed locations for both
the onshore substation, which will be just south of Norwich near to Dunston
and the onshore High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) booster station
near Little Barningham, should this be required.
Hornsea
Project Three will be located over
120km off the north Norfolk coast and if fully developed to 2.4GW it is
expected to produce enough power to meet the demands of over 2 million
UK homes.
Over the past year, DONG Energy has held two rounds of public consultation
events at various locations across Norfolk, and will now return in early
September to present the latest plans including new 3D visualisations,
and once again seek feedback from the local community.
Stuart Livesey, Project Development Manager, said:
“As we develop the
project, it is crucial for us to keep returning to the community at various
stages to ensure they are kept up to date as plans develop. We want
to ensure the local communities continue to feel involved and have the
opportunity to comment on, and influence, the final project that is submitted
in 2018.
“We have already received lots of useful information from our public consultation
events and ongoing informal consultation with landowners and environmental
bodies, which has helped us to make refinements for example the onshore
HVAC booster station location. These decisions have been based on many
factors which are detailed in the PEIR published today, and we hope it
is evident how much of an influence the feedback has had.
“This report shows a single refined 200m cable route, which will eventually
be narrowed to 80m once we have received responses from these events, further
consultation with landowners and have more information from detailed technical
surveys.
“All the information is downloadable online and we’ve also left free
USB sticks with the full documents at various council offices and libraries
along the proposed cable route should anyone wish to take these away to
review in more detail. As part of this suite of materials we have prepared
a non-technical summary which highlights some of the key findings from
our assessments.
“We realise there is a lot of technical information, so if people do have
questions we really encourage them to come to our events if they can or
get in touch with us directly. We’re trying to make it as easy as possible
for people to understand and comment on our proposal. It’s really important
that people understand what we’re proposing and take this opportunity
to have their say now.”
In addition to the Community Consultation Events across Norfolk, the company
is also sponsoring and participating in the Greenbuild – Celebrating Norfolk
event on 9th and 10th September where more information about the company
and interactive elements will be available for people to try out to visualise
how a wind farm works.
After the events, the formal consultation will remain open for feedback
until 20th September, and comments can be submitted online or in writing.
Informal consultation will continue until 2018 when the design will be
submitted to the Planning Inspectorate. If successful, construction is
anticipated to take place between 2022 and 2025.
An application for development consent of
Hornsea
Project Three, under the Planning
Act 2008, is scheduled to be submitted in 2018.
Hornsea
Project Three is
part of DONG Energy's Hornsea Offshore Wind Zone, approximately 120km from
the Yorkshire coast. The
Hornsea zone was previously split into four areas allocated for offshore
wind farm development:
Hornsea
Project One,
Hornsea
Project Two,
Hornsea
Project Three and
Hornsea
Project Four.
DONG
Energy announced
in February that it has taken a final investment decision to build the
1.2GW
Hornsea
Project One, which
will be capable of powering well over 1 million UK homes. Offshore construction
is anticipated to begin in 2018 with full
commissioning as early as 2020.
Hornsea
Project Two secured
build consent in August 2016. If constructed
the wind farm will have an installed capacity 1,800MW capable of meeting
the energy demands of around 1.8 million UK homes.
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