Coastal View & Moor News Issue 29 November - December 2012
Dogger Bank update to Teesside stakeholders
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ore than 20 community representatives from Redcar and Cleveland were updated on the
progress of the Dogger Bank Teesside offshore wind development by wind farm consortium, Forewind last week in Eston, Middlesbrough. Dogger BankTeesside will comprise up
to four wind farms, each with a maximum installedcapacity of 1.2GW. They are expected to connect to the national grid in Teesside, just south of the Tees Estuary and the cables are anticipated to come to shore between Marske and Redcar. At the update meeting, the representatives
comprising town, ward and parish councilors, as well as neighbourhood officers and managers, heard how the project has developed since the phase one consultation was held earlier this year. The briefi ng included information about
the proposed onshore infrastructure and construction activity which would be required to connect the offshore wind farms to National Grid substations, via an onshore landfall, onshore underground cables and with up to four new converter stations. Stakeholder Manager Nikki Smith said that
a signifi cant amount of site selection work and stakeholder engagement has been carried out to fi nalise the two preferred converter station sites. Also Forewind has now identifi ed two preferred landfall sites from within the landfall area.
“Both the converter station sites, which could
each house up to two converter stations, lie within the area of process industries complex, the Wilton International Site near Redcar,” Miss Smith said. “The landfall sites have
been chosen following a selection process which looked at both offshore constraints such as gas pipelines and onshore constraints such as existing buildings as well as planned developments.” The meeting attendees asked questions
and gave feedback about the process to date, however a significant amount of interest focused on the opportunities for local jobs and the potential for existing businesses to get involved. “It is difficult to give exact details
about the types and numbers of jobs and materials requirements,” Miss Smith said. “However the Teesside area, with its history of manufacturing and available workforce, should be well placed to take advantage of the potentially thousands of construction jobs and supply chain opportunities, and possibly some longer term operation and maintenance related work.” Forewind has also just launched its
Champions for Wind programme in Teesside whereby 10 teachers from Hartlepool, Redcar and Middlesbrough will receive bursaries enabling them to produce tailored curriculum materials aimed at raising students awareness of the full range of potential careers in, or related to offshore wind energy. “We were grateful to all the meeting attendees for their time and input into the meeting and will now incorporate comments and feedback into our proposals as we approach the second phase of consultation, which will be later in 2013.” For more information about Dogger Bank Teesside, visit
www.forewind.co.uk.
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43 Julie’s weighty opportunity
Liverpool, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there’s very little chance of anyone opening their own new business. “I only joined Slimming World to lose weight,”
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says Julie Platt from Redcar who has just embarked on this exciting new career. “I had no idea that it could lead to my own business. I now get the chance to give people the support they need to get rid of the burden of excess weight and change their lives like I’ve changed mine,” says a delighted Julie whose new group in Redcar opened last month. “Where I work currently there are often redundancies. I know that there’s always a chance
ith unemployment in our area being second highest in the country behind
that I might be one of them one day and really like the idea of my own business. I didn’t know losing over a stone would put me in touch with people who could help me get another string to my bow like this but it’s ideal. My husband and I love our holidays and week
end trips away but it’s never stopped me from losing weight. I’m so glad to get started in my own group and really make a difference in people’s lives. There’s such a lot of pressure on everyone these days and losing weight can really help as I’ve found myself.” Julie runs the brand new Coatham Primary School group on Wednesdays at 7pm and everyone is welcome.
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