UK: Lincolnshire County Council Defies Triton Knoll’s Onshore Infrastructure

Following the announcement that the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm had been granted consent, the Lincolnshire County Council voiced its opposition to the onshore electrical infrastructure that would allow the energy to be transmitted from the offshore wind farm to the national grid, This is Licolnshire news site writes.

Along with a cabling route that would run through the county, the onshore infrastructure consists of an onshore intermediate electrical compound and a substation, for which RWE npower renewables recently published a notice that it had selected the preferred locations in Skegness and in Bicker, respectively.

“We do not object to the to the wind farm itself, but we do object to the miles and miles of cabling that will need to be routed through Lincolnshire as it will cause huge disruption to local people, and to our tourism industry,” This is Licolnshire quotes Colin Davie, executive member for economic development. Mr Davie added that the electrical compound and the substation could also be sited at Killingholme to avoid any harmful impact they could have on the local economy and residents of these two locations.

Subsequent to the recently granted consent for the offshore array, RWE npower renewables announced that it will now examine the details of the consent and continue working on the planning applications for the onshore electrical infrastructure. These applications are expected to be submitted to relevant local authorities in 2014.

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Offshore WIND Staff, July 15, 2013; Image: RWE