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ScottishPower submits plans for EA3

4C Offshore | Tom Russell
By: Tom Russell 18/11/2015 ScottishPower edited by 4C Offshore
Following the announcement from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd earlier today, ScottishPower have announced that they have officially submitted plans to the National Infrastructure team for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm.

The application will be considered by the National Infrastructure team within the Planning Inspectorate. If approved, it is anticipated that onshore construction could begin in 2021, with offshore work starting in 2022 and first power generation achieved in 2023.

Keith Anderson, CEO of ScottishPower Renewables, said:
“We were very pleased to hear Amber Rudd’s commitment today to support the continued growth of offshore wind power. The more offshore wind capacity we have in the UK, the more secure our energy supplies will be. It already powers 3.5 million homes per year, and with wind around our coasts in plentiful supply, it has the potential to play an even more significant role."

“Our
East Anglia ONE project was successful in the last government auction with a price of £119/MWh, which will make it the best value offshore windfarm ever developed in the UK.  But we want to see costs come down even further. Our entire industry wants to get to a place where subsidy is not required, and significant progress is being made to deliver this in the near future."

“The offshore wind industry in the UK now benefits from more powerful and more efficient turbines. We have better vessels, more experience of working offshore, a healthier supply chain, a growing engineering skills base, increased capability to export our products and expertise around the globe, as well as ever increasing investment in UK infrastructure.  All of these factors mean that costs are reducing quickly, and large projects are achievable.”


It is anticipated that East Anglia THREE could support up to 4,800 jobs in the UK during the construction phase, representing more than £400m for the UK economy. Around 2,900 jobs could be supported in the East of England region alone, adding over £248m to the regional economy during construction.

In February, ScottishPower Renewables announced a revised project design for the £2 billion  714MW East Anglia ONE featuring 102 of Siemens' 7MW flagship turbine where it will no longer support an HVDC converter station but instead opt for the more matured HVAC technology. Scottish Power aims to begin construction on East Anglia ONE in 2017 and expects operation to start in 2019. The Round 3 project, which was awarded subsidies under the Contracts for Difference (CfD) regime earlier this year, will now house two offshore substations and two export cables to shore up to a 400kV rating.

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