GROUP SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2010
FUTURE ENERGY
Future Energy, established in 2010, provides project management, front-end engineering design, modelling and a suite of other consultancy services across the whole life-cycle to the future energy sector. These services include bio-energy, energy-from-waste, geothermal, grid connection and reinforcement, hydropower offshore renewables, onshore and offshore wind, solar technologies, and electrical transmission and distribution.
RENEWABLE ENERGY: FEASIBILITY OF WIND POWER
WSP was commissioned by Burcote Wind in 2010 to undertake high-level feasibility assessments at approximately 20 confi dential wind farm sites in the UK.
The feasibility studies involved a review of wind resource and potential yield, environmental constraints, geology and hydrogeology issues, constraints associated with military, radar and communications, grid capacity and connection options, and a review of potential transport and access constraints.
Based on the fi ndings of these studies, in 2010 Burcote Wind opted to progress towards Section 36 planning applications at six of the sites, all located across Scotland. The work has continued into 2011, with WSP completing Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) scoping reports for the six
sites, consulting with the regulators, and carrying out early community consultation, including meeting with community councils and preparing for public exhibitions. Impact work will include ornithological survey work and detailed landscape and visual impact assessment works. Following completion of the scoping process, we will be progressing with the other aspects of the full EIA for each site. This will involve comprehensive surveys and assessments, in close consultation with relevant regulators, to fully assess these impacts and identify appropriate mitigation and residual effects. In addition to the EIA work, WSP is also providing transport and engineering support, outline drainage design, and geotechnical support. At one site we are providing advice on the potential vibration impacts of nearby quarry blasting on the proposed turbines. Final planning/Section 36 applications are anticipated to be submitted for all six sites in early 2012.
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