The
change
could
shave
as
much
as
one-third
off
the
project’s
initially
envisaged
1.5GW
of
capacity.
“After
taking
full
consideration
of
environmental
and
engineering
factors,
and
in
response
to
the
feedback
from
the
public,
we
have
revised
the
proposed
offshore
wind
farm
boundary
and
made
alterations
to
the
maximum
number
of
turbines,”
says
Robert
Thornhill,
development
manager
at
Atlantic
Array.
The
planning
consent
application
RWE
intends
to
submit
by
the
end
of
the
year
will
call
for
188-278
turbines
–
down
from
the
previous
maximum
of
417.
The
application
will
still
call
for
a…
