North Norfolk District Council has approved a cable corridor that would connect the Dudgeon wind farm to the national grid, reported BBC.
In January, Warwick Energy’s cable corridor proposal to lay 45km onshore cable running between the landfall point at Weybourne Hope (North Norfolk District) and Little Dunham (Breckland District) was rejected by the council.
After the company had appealed, the NNDC decided to change their decision mainly because they find the underground cable a better solution than having overhead pylons.
Even though Development Committee stated in its report that cables will have a minimum impact, the opposers say that they are going to be left with a permanent scar.
The Dudgeon wind farm will be located approximately 32km offshore of the north Norfolk coast, with the town of Cromer being the closest settlement on land. Depending on the size of wind turbine generators installed offshore, the Dudgeon project could have a total installed capacity of up to 560MW.
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Offshore WIND staff, March 12, 2012; Image: warwickenergy