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Consultation Events
DONG energy have held a series of community consultation events
in July 2011, to present details of the underground onshore cable
route options for the proposed Gunfleet Sands 3 - Demonstration
Project. The results of these consultations will be published in
due course.
Application for Further Works
DONG Energy have submitted an application to carry out
geotechnical works at the Gunfleet Sands site. You can view the
Application and Public Notice by downloading the pdf documents
below. The public notice gives details of where you can view the
detailed drawings. The date for public comments has now passed.
Application for geotechnical works at Gunfleet Sands (pdf
4794k)
Public Notice about application for geotechnical works at Gunfleet
Sands (pdf 52k)
Information about the original project
The construction of the 48 turbine Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind
Farm, 7km off Clacton and Holland Essex coast in the Northern
Thames Estuary, is complete.
All of the 48 foundation piles have been installed with minimum
local disturbance, confirmed by a successful noise monitoring
programme.
A number of vessels are working out of Brightlingsea on the River
Colne, these boats carry out monitoring surveys and continuing
environmental studies, they are also used to ferry personnel to and
from the wind farm construction site.
The 48 wind turbines have been erected and have been
commissioned.
The Gunfleet Sands project, will generate enough clean renewable
energy for approximately 120,000 households or approximately 20% of
the households in Essex. The project will make a considerable
contribution to the domestic UK target of reducing CO2 emissions by
20% below 1990 levels by 2010.
If you wish to contact the DONG Energy Gunfleet Sands project
team, please contact:
Peter N Sills
Communications Manager
Gunfleet Sands Limited
DONG Energy A/S
Oliver's Wharf
Copperas Road
Brightlingsea
Essex CO7 0AR
Or email:
peter@sillson.com
Useful links:
British Wind
Energy Association
Dong Energy - Gunfleet Sands
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