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UK Planning Inspectorate finishes EA3 assessment

By: Tom Russell 29/12/2016 4C Offshore

General Windfarms

The UK Planning Inspectorate has completed its examination of an application for development of the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm. The findings and conclusions arising from the examination, together with the Inspectorate's recommendation, will be sent to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy no later than 28 March 2017.

Project developers ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) submitted in November 2015. 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.

SPR claims 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 of these jobs could be located in the East of England region alone, adding over £248m to the regional economy during construction.

SPR is currently developing its €3bn (£2.64m) East Anglia ONE project is located approximately 45 km south east of Lowestoft and will cover an area of 300km². A total of 102 Siemens SWT-7.0-154 direct-drive wind turbines will be installed at the site giving an overall capacity of 714MW.

The nacelles will be manufactured in Cuxhaven, Germany and Siemens plans to produce the corresponding wind turbine blades for the project at its Hull facility which is currently under construction.

Offshore construction scheduled to start in 2018 with the installation of the foundations. Full commissioning is expected as early as 2020. The project is expected to meet the energy demands of 500,000 British households annually.

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