1 GW Ayre project moves forward
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted the onshore scoping report for its 1GW floating Ayre Offshore Wind Farm to The Highland Council in Scotland.
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UK, Scotland: Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has submitted the onshore scoping report for its 1GW floating Ayre Offshore Wind Farm to The Highland Council in Scotland.
TWP is a consortium involving DEME, Qair and Aspiravi. The Ayre project, located to the east of Orkney, should contribute to the UK and Scottish Government’s targets for accelerating floating wind capacity.
The submission of the onshore scoping report for the project is the first milestone towards the required onshore planning permission for the project. The report outlines the onshore infrastructure needed for the project and the approach to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which will support the submission for Planning Permission in Principle, targeted for early 2025.
The project’s grid connection point will be in Caithness near Spittal, with a landfall point at Sinclair’s Bay, all connected by underground cables. The project team began community engagement in the region in 2023. TWP will return to Caithness with further information on the locations of the substation, landfall and cables in the second quarter of 2024 to seek further feedback from the community.
TWP said its two ScotWind projects are on track to achieve a series of consenting and engineering milestones this year. The offshore scoping report for Ayre is due to be submitted in spring.
For the 1 GW fixed foundation Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Aberdeenshire, both onshore and offshore scoping reports are scheduled for submission this summer. The pre-FEEDS (Front-End Engineering Designs) for both projects are underway.
Source: renews.biz
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