Peter Clibbon

NEG Micon – turbine manufacturers

GREP (Global Renewable Energy Partners)

NEG Micon

EPC experience on 4 offshore sites

Turbine trialing

Programme

• Autumn 2001 to Summer 2002i. EIA, Public consultation, Engineering studies

• Summer 2002 to Spring 2003i. Consenting, Engineering design

ii. Tendering, ordering components.

• Winter 2003 to Summer 2004i. Build Turbines,

ii. Route and bury sea/land cables

iii. Build new electrical infrastructure.

Margate

Sheppey

WINDFARM

WHITSTABLE

Thames Estuary

10 km to East Pier (Bretts)6.6 miles

Margate

Sheppey

WINDFARM

WHITSTABLE

Thames Estuary

60 km to the edge of LONDON

Margate

Thames Estuary

Shipping Lanes

Margate

Thames Estuary

Shipping Lanes

Protect Areas

Margate

Thames Estuary

Shipping Lanes

Protect Areas

Margate

Thames Estuary

Shipping Lanes

Protect Areas

• Hunger for information from public

• Ease a political decision in our favour

• Consult stat-bods to hone EIA to main issues, and to focus consultants’ SoW

• Talk to ‘everybody’ to make sure there are no show-stoppers

Why consult widely?

• farther away from peoples’ homes

• noise

• offshore is ‘public’ space with history of resource exploitation

Why is offshore different?

• 34,000 distributed

• 700 forms returned

• 86% in favour

• Main concerns:

- visibility, noise,

- disturbance

• 150 further interest

Leaflet drop

Open Public Meetings

• 150 people sent reply slips wishing to participate in future meetings

• Informal, issue-specific meetings according to greatest concerns :

a) Noise, construction disturbance, economics

b) Visibility, operational issues

Special Interest Meetings

Pro-active media strategy

www.kentishflats.co.uk

Main concerns:

• Visibility

• Noise

• ‘thin edge of the wedge’

SOS Whitstable

Specific issue consultation

• Fishermen

• Port Authorities (POLA, Medway)

• Radar

• Birds (stat and non-statutory bodies)

• Get allies working for you – e.g. FOE

• Pro-active media campaign

• Radiate transparency

• Make yourself available

Lessons learned

Last thoughts

Always play your best cards:

•Government policy is in your favour

•Alternatives – nuclear, more coal, gas

•Protection of the environment