The UK has granted improvement consent to Rampion 2, the proposed 1.2 GW extension to the 400 MW Rampion offshore wind farm in Sussex. The Improvement Consent Order (DCO), issued by the Secretary of State for Vitality Safety and Internet Zero on 4 April, will come into drive on 28 April.
RWE signed a seabed lease settlement with The Crown Property in 2021 and submitted the DCO utility for Rampion 2 in August 2023. The Planning Inspectorate began the examination course of on 7 September 2023.
The inspectorate closed the examination interval in August 2024, following public session and overview of RWE’s utility, and despatched the advice report back to the Secretary of State in early November 2024.
The Secretary of State was initially scheduled to resolve on the challenge by early February, however the resolution deadline was prolonged to 4 April.
Underneath the now-granted improvement consent order, the Rampion 2 offshore wind farm can have a most of 90 wind generators with a rotor diameter of not more than 295 metres every.
The preliminary plan for Rampion 2 was that the challenge would have 116 wind generators; nonetheless, following statutory session held in 2021 and 2022 and suggestions on visible results and transport from key stakeholders, RWE decreased the scale of the array web site and the variety of generators to 90.
The offshore wind farm will likely be positioned adjoining to the south and west of the present Rampion offshore wind farm, between 13 and 25 kilometres off the Sussex coast, and can connect with the nationwide grid on the Bolney Substation in Mid Sussex, with the cable to return to shore beneath Climping Seaside in West Sussex.
The DCO states that the 1.2 GW challenge “should start no later than the expiration of seven years starting with the date this Order comes into drive.”
In accordance with earlier details about Rampion 2, building is deliberate to begin in 2027, with the offshore wind farm anticipated to be totally operational earlier than the top of the last decade.
RWE is creating Rampion 2 on behalf of Rampion Extension Improvement Restricted, a three way partnership firm owned by the Germany-based developer, a Macquarie-led consortium, and a subsidiary of Enbridge.
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