A multi-billion pound wind farm off the coast of Norfolk has been given the go-ahead by the government.
The Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm could power almost two million homes and save three million tonnes of CO2 saved per year, says Vattenfall, the energy company behind it.
However, concerns have been raised by opponents about the damage and disruption that its onshore infrastructure – including cabling and substations – would cause to Norfolk communities.
The decision follows the consent of Norfolk Boreas Offshore Wind Farm in December 2021.
Vanguard initially received planning consent in July 2020 but that consent was quashed at the High Court in February 2021, after an appeal by Norfolk resident Ray Pearce, who argued that the cumulative impact of both projects had not been considered when consent for Vanguard was granted.
Campaigners argued that the impact on people and wildlife of digging huge cable trenches to bring the power ashore was too disruptive, and that developers should look at the possibility of building an offshore ring-main which could transfer the power to the grid without onshore infrastructure. https://www.itv.com/…/norfolk-vanguard-wind-farm…
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