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.
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