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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