A localised public consultation opens today focused on four areas that could see underground cabling introduced for the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm.
It will run from today (Oct 18) until November 29 and is regarding adjustments to the proposed onshore cable route. You can find the consultation here: Rampion2.com
The Rampion team say they have been working to address feedback received following their consultation last year as well as carrying out ongoing engineering and environmental assessments.
Chris Tomlinson, Development & Stakeholder Manager, Rampion 2, RWE, said:
“We want to thank the local communities in Sussex for all the feedback that they have taken time to provide to us. As a result, we are considering a number of potential alternatives and modifications to our cable route, new trenchless crossings and new alternative construction or operation accesses, to help further improve the project and reduce impacts."
This further consultation is asking for the views of key organisations and communities who live, work or visit local areas where cable routes are being considered.
Four public consultation events will be held at Arundel, Ashurst, Climping and Washington and full details and maps of the cable routes can be seen at the project consultation website: Rampion2.com
Chris Tomlinson continued:
“The electricity cable installation from the wind farm to the new electricity substation would be a temporary impact during construction, as all cables would be buried underground. The Rampion 2 team are committed to reinstate the land back to its former condition as soon as possible after our works. This work would be done on short sections of the route at a time, over a period of eighteen to twenty weeks of an overall construction period of 2 – 2.5 years. Where we can improve the route and implement measures to further reduce those temporary impacts, we will strive to do so.”
“We can also announce today that in response to feedback on visual effects and shipping from key stakeholders, including Natural England, we have reduced the extent of our offshore wind turbine array proposals by nearly half. In addition, we have decreased the maximum number of turbines down from 116 to 90, whilst maintaining the potential capacity to generate up to 1200MW.”
“We are aiming to submit our final proposals to the Planning Inspectorate next year. Should the project achieve consent, construction could start around 2026, with the wind farm fully operational before the end of the decade, helping meet the Government targets to quadruple offshore wind capacity by 2030,” said Chris Tomlinson.
Maps and details on the changes and the reasons for them can be found at rampion2.com/consultation.
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