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2 days ago
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Consultation begins into offshore wind farm plans
People are being invited to have their say on plans to extend the world's largest offshore windfarm. Developers SSE Renewables and Equinor said Dogger Bank D would include up to 113 wind turbines about 210km (130 miles) off the East Yorkshire coast. The project would also include onshore facilities to carry the electricity generated by the turbines into the national grid. An eight-week statutory consultation into the proposals runs until Tuesday 5 August. The project is an extension to the 277-turbine Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which is currently in construction and, when complete, will generate up to 3.6GW of electricity, enough to power four-and-a-half million homes. SSE said Dogger Bank D would produce up to 2GW of additional power. Plans include a subsea cable to export power from the wind farm to a landfall point near Skipsea. From there, underground cables would transmit the electricity 55km (34 miles) to a new substation called Birkhill Wood, which is being developed near Cottingham. The consultation into the plans includes two online sessions and six in-person events, taking place on the following days: Tuesday 24 June, 15:00 to 18:30 BST: Skipsea Village Hall Wednesday 25 June, 14:00 to 19:00: Leven Sports Hall Thursday 26 June, 10:00 to 14:00: Cottingham Civic Hall Thursday 26 June, 15:00 to 18:00: Walkington Village Hall Friday 27 June, 10:00 to 14:00: Toll Gavel Church Hall, Beverley Saturday 28 June, 10:00 to 14:00: Beverley Memorial Hall Sophie Large, senior project manager for Dogger Bank D, said: "We are looking forward to welcoming the public to our consultation events for Dogger Bank D and providing the opportunity for the community to learn more about our proposals. "It's important to us that local communities share their deep knowledge of the region and continue to review, and be informed about, our plans." SSE Renewables and Equinor said they would use the feedback from the consultation in its final application for a Development Consent Order, which would have to be approved by the government. The plans are also subject to a final investment decision by the developers. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Large electricity substation planned at Cottingham Largest offshore wind farm hits power milestone Work starts on 'largest offshore wind farm' Dogger Bank D SSE Renewables Equinor
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Consultation begins into offshore wind farm plans
People are being invited to have their say on plans to extend the world's largest offshore windfarm. Developers SSE Renewables and Equinor said Dogger Bank D would include up to 113 wind turbines about 210km (130 miles) off the East Yorkshire coast. The project would also include onshore facilities to carry the electricity generated by the turbines into the national grid. An eight-week statutory consultation into the proposals runs until Tuesday 5 August. The project is an extension to the 277-turbine Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which is currently in construction and, when complete, will generate up to 3.6GW of electricity, enough to power four-and-a-half million homes. SSE said Dogger Bank D would produce up to 2GW of additional power. Plans include a subsea cable to export power from the wind farm to a landfall point near Skipsea. From there, underground cables would transmit the electricity 55km (34 miles) to a new substation called Birkhill Wood, which is being developed near Cottingham. The consultation into the plans includes two online sessions and six in-person events, taking place on the following days: Tuesday 24 June, 15:00 to 18:30 BST: Skipsea Village Hall Wednesday 25 June, 14:00 to 19:00: Leven Sports Hall Thursday 26 June, 10:00 to 14:00: Cottingham Civic Hall Thursday 26 June, 15:00 to 18:00: Walkington Village Hall Friday 27 June, 10:00 to 14:00: Toll Gavel Church Hall, Beverley Saturday 28 June, 10:00 to 14:00: Beverley Memorial Hall Sophie Large, senior project manager for Dogger Bank D, said: "We are looking forward to welcoming the public to our consultation events for Dogger Bank D and providing the opportunity for the community to learn more about our proposals. "It's important to us that local communities share their deep knowledge of the region and continue to review, and be informed about, our plans." SSE Renewables and Equinor said they would use the feedback from the consultation in its final application for a Development Consent Order, which would have to be approved by the government. The plans are also subject to a final investment decision by the developers. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Large electricity substation planned at Cottingham Largest offshore wind farm hits power milestone Work starts on 'largest offshore wind farm' Dogger Bank D SSE Renewables Equinor
BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Consultation begins into Dogger Bank wind farm extension plans
People are being invited to have their say on plans to extend the world's largest offshore windfarm. Developers SSE Renewables and Equinor said Dogger Bank D would include up to 113 wind turbines about 210km (130 miles) off the East Yorkshire coast. The project would also include onshore facilities to carry the electricity generated by the turbines into the national grid. An eight-week statutory consultation into the proposals runs until Tuesday 5 August. The project is an extension to the 277-turbine Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which is currently in construction and, when complete, will generate up to 3.6GW of electricity, enough to power four-and-a-half million homes. SSE said Dogger Bank D would produce up to 2GW of additional include a subsea cable to export power from the wind farm to a landfall point near Skipsea. From there, underground cables would transmit the electricity 55km (34 miles) to a new substation called Birkhill Wood, which is being developed near Cottingham. The consultation into the plans includes two online sessions and six in-person events, taking place on the following days:Tuesday 24 June, 15:00 to 18:30 BST: Skipsea Village HallWednesday 25 June, 14:00 to 19:00: Leven Sports HallThursday 26 June, 10:00 to 14:00: Cottingham Civic Hall Thursday 26 June, 15:00 to 18:00: Walkington Village HallFriday 27 June, 10:00 to 14:00: Toll Gavel Church Hall, BeverleySaturday 28 June, 10:00 to 14:00: Beverley Memorial HallSophie Large, senior project manager for Dogger Bank D, said: "We are looking forward to welcoming the public to our consultation events for Dogger Bank D and providing the opportunity for the community to learn more about our proposals. "It's important to us that local communities share their deep knowledge of the region and continue to review, and be informed about, our plans."SSE Renewables and Equinor said they would use the feedback from the consultation in its final application for a Development Consent Order, which would have to be approved by the plans are also subject to a final investment decision by the to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
4 days ago
- BBC News
Skipsea abandoned Norman castle site wows archaeologists
Thousands of visitors flock to UK castles each year, some with links to Harry Potter, others with a long history of sieges, but for two archaeologists from the University of York, the site of what was a remote Norman castle in East Yorkshire is just as castle near the village of Skipsea was built in about 1086, according to English Heritage, and was the residence and administrative centre of the Lords of evidence of it remains today, but recent research has revealed that the motte - or mound - previously thought to have been created by the Normans, actually dates from the Iron Dr Elaine Jamieson, fieldwork project manager, said the site had a fascinating history. "I probably see it with completely different eyes to the tourists who are looking for a stone castle, but I see the castle in all the earthworks," she said."Our work up here on this ridge suggests it might have had two baileys - one on the ridge - and one on the other side of the motte," she said. The castle would have likely originally have been built from timber, before being rebuilt in stone, she the castle was abandoned, Dr Jamieson said it was possible local villagers took the stone to use area was controlled by the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, Harald Godwinson, and, after the Norman Conquest of 1066, became the estate centre of the Lords of Holderness."After the Norman Conquest, this land was given by William the Conqueror to Drogo de la Beuvrière, who was a Norman, and a knight who fought with him at the Battle of Hastings," Dr Jamieson said."He [Drogo de la Beuvrière] was also married to William the Conqueror's niece, who he allegedly murdered before fleeing back to France."The land was then given to Odo, Count of Champagne - and it was more likely than not that it was him that built the castle," she added. Dr Jim Leary, from the University of York's archaeology department, said interest at the site went way back beyond Norman times."We know that the earlier stages of the mound are Iron Age - probably a burial mound - and then later on that was adapted as a medieval motte," he said."The surrounding area would have once been very different," he said."This was one huge lake and Holderness was a really watery area, with a whole series of lakes - sort of like beads on a necklace."He said it would have been a lush, rich area - wonderful for fishing and fowling and would have drawn people to it."We know from the archaeology that we have been finding there were hunter gatherers in the Mesolithic period, and then in the Neolithic and Bronze Age [and] right the way through to the Iron Age," he said."This would have once been an island protruding out of the lake," he told the BBC's Hidden East Yorkshire to English Heritage, the castle declined from about 1200 when the lords of Holderness moved their administrative residence to Burstwick, east of was ordered to be destroyed in 1221 when Count William de Forz II rebelled against the king. By 1350, the castle was being leased for pasture and the borough was to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
