Project Introduction Tuesday 28 January 2020
Aims of today’s meeting Meet you and introduce the Awel y Môr team • Introduce the project – location, scale, timeline • Opportunity to have your say • Key contacts and future points of communication • Next steps •
innogy Renewables UK Ltd Largest renewable energy operator in Wales Long presence in Wales – offshore, onshore & hydro • Produce 1/3 of Wales’ renewable electricity (550k homes) • 130+ permanent employees across 4 offices in Wales • Operate 3 offshore wind farms off North Wales coast: • Gwynt y Môr, 576MW • Rhyl Flats, 90MW • North Hoyle, 60MW • + extension proposal: Awel y Môr • Operate 2 (soon to be 3) onshore wind farms • Six hydro sites – Dolgarrog over 100 years old! • Significant contribution to Welsh Government’s targets : • 70% electricity from Welsh renewable sources by 2030 • “Net - zero” by 2050 •
Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Project Overview
Project key messages The Crown Estate offered an Agreement for Lease (AfL) for extension of • Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm in October 2019 . One of seven UK extension sites. ‘Sister’ project to Gwynt y Môr – called Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm • ( “breeze of the sea” ). Great opportunity to help Wales’ net zero targets. Innogy is proud to be leading the development on behalf of its partners • The project is in its very early stages. Exact size and capacity still to be • determined. Initial consenting work is just beginning with early stakeholder and community engagement programme to help determine the project details – a process due to take up to three years. The project is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and • therefore requires a Development Consent Order (DCO) . Being in Welsh waters, it will also require a separate Marine Licence.
Site characteristics Location: 11km north of Llandudno and 10km off the Welsh coast in the Irish Sea • West of existing Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm • Wind Turbine Generators (WTGs): Unconfirmed but, at time of • construction, 12-22MW turbines possible Foundation types: Monopile/multi-leg • Extension area: 106km² • Grid connection point: Bodelwyddan (still TBC) • Shareholders / project owners: Discussions still ongoing •
High level project timeline
Planning Inspectorate: DCO application process c.2 yrs 28 days c.4 m 6 m 6 m 6 wks
Planned Stakeholder Engagement Offshore, onshore & combined topic engagement Local community & local businesses
Thank you www.awelymor.co.uk
Awel y Môr Project Team Role Contact Email Senior Consents Manager Paul Carter paul.carter@innogy.com Offshore Consents Manager Alex Herbert alex.herbert@innogy.com Onshore Consents Manager Karen Algate karen.algate@innogy.com Stakeholder & Consents Manager Helen Thomas helen.thomas@innogy.com Project Manager Tamsyn Rowe tamsyn.rowe@innogy.com Public Relations Ffion Davies ffion.davies@innogy.com 11
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