of UK suppliers for smaller components for the manufacturing of offshore wind turbines and for manufacturing of foundations and cables. It is considered that a UK based manufacturing capability on the eastern seaboard of England, has the potential to provide cost savings to offshore wind development projects (taken as 50% UK based. Based on this assumption roughly 30% of total UK content would be regionally based). However, the selection of appropriate turbine supplier/suppliers would only be announced following a competitive tender process which considers multiple technological and engineering factors and project objectives.
15. A low positive impact scenario would be considered the worst case scenario as the majority of economic benefit would not be retained within the UK. This will be assessed and included within the final ES for the proposed East Anglia THREE project.
28.4 Assessment Methodology
28.4.1 Guidance 16.
The assessment follows UK Government guidelines and best practice. The methodology used to estimate impacts follows guidance set out in the HM Treasury’s (2003)Green Book and Homes & Communities Agency (2014) Additionality Guideas well as taking account of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills research on additionality.
17.
Six National Policy Statements for Energy (NPS) (DECC 2011) set out national policy against which proposals for major energy projects should be assessed. Specific guidance on assessment of socio-economic effects is provided in NPS EN-3 Renewable Energy, which deals with offshore renewable projects. Further information on this is provided in Chapter 3 Policy and Legislative Context.
18. NPS EN-3 includes a section on socio-economics, which indicates that “the construction, operation and decommissioning of energy infrastructure may have socio-economic impacts at local and regional levels”. Further, the guidance states that impact assessment should consider all relevant socio-economic impacts , “which may include:
the creation of jobs and training opportunities;
the provision of additional local services and improvements to local infrastructure, including the provision of educational and visitor facilities;
effects on tourism;
Preliminary Environmental Information May 2014
East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm
Chapter 28 Socio-economics Page 9
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