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SPR extends East Anglia wind farm consultations

By: Tom Russell 19/09/2018 SPR

General Windfarms

ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) is to add an additional phase of consultation for its East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North offshore wind farm projects.

SPR stated that during the development of proposals, it has been working closely with EDF Energy to explore the possibility of using land on the Sizewell B estate to place the onshore substations required.

This land is proposed to be used as a site to translocate protected wildlife in preparation for the Sizewell C development and EDF Energy has been working in recent years with Suffolk Wildlife Trust and Natural England to establish this land as an agreed ecological mitigation area.

The additional consultation phase (Phase 3.5) will specifically investigate the potential of locating the onshore substations for the project on the Sizewell Estate land (known as Broom Covert, Sizewell), as an alternative to the site north of Friston (known as Grove Wood, Friston). This follows dialogue with EDF Energy, with local communities and with Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Coastal District Council. The Broom Covert site is situated within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Phase 3.5 will run from 29th September until 29th October 2018, and follows the completion of Phase 3, which asked for views on the Indicative Onshore Development Area and mitigation relating to a connection to Grove Wood, Friston.

David Walker, Development Director at ScottishPower Renewables, said: “Our initial feedback from local authorities and from EDF Energy advised that the Sizewell Estate was not available for our project to utilise, due to its location within the AONB and future developments already planned to support Sizewell C. However, recent requests from local authorities have indicated that SPR should explore this land further, and we have continued our positive engagement with EDF Energy to see if the land could be made available. We are committed to exploring all options fully, and this additional stage of consultation will focus specifically on the Broom Covert site. We would like as many people as possible to provide their feedback on this additional stage of consultation. Residents will be able to come along to public council meetings we are holding, or view the plans on our website or at libraries and public buildings across Suffolk.”

SPR is holding four public meetings in October 2018 to provide updates on the proposed East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North offshore windfarms. Details of these meetings are below:

· Leiston, Sizewell Sports and Social Club, Tuesday 9 October 2018, 7.30pm
· Friston Village Hall, Wednesday 10 October 2018, 7.30pm
· Knodishall Village Hall, Friday 12 October 2018, 6.30pm
· Thorpeness Country Club, Monday 15 October 2018, 6.30pm

The two projects, East Anglia TWO and East Anglia ONE North, with a capacity of 900MW and 800MW respectively, are two of four projects in the East Anglia region being developed by SPR.

The company is currently constructing the £2.5bn East Anglia ONE wind farm. The 714MW array will feature 102 SWT-7.0-154 direct-drive wind turbines, each with a capacity of 7MW. Full commissioning is scheduled for 2020 and the project is expected to meet the energy demands of 500,000 British households annually.

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