Reduced potential for air quality implications as a result of fewer vehicle movements and no HDD operations;
Less disturbance to soils;
Less visual disturbance along the length of cable route (for example construction activities will be concentrated to specific areas such as jointing bay locations, and fewer accesses are therefore required);
Less disturbance to potentially sensitive environmental receptors; and Overall, less disruption to local communities.
16.
The East Anglia THREE application will present an EIA on the effects of installing cables within pre-installed ducts (equivalent to the PEIR Scenario 1.
2.3 Phasing 17.
EATL is considering constructing the proposed East Anglia THREE project using a Single Phase or a Two Phased approach. This means that although the overall capacity of the proposed East Anglia THREE project remains the same (i.e. up to 1200MW), EATL can construct the project in a phased way i.e. in discrete 600MW blocks. This approach ensures that EATL is able to accommodate any changes in the shape of the Regulatory Support Framework in years to come, if the Framework for example would not support the development of the full capacity in one period.
2.3.1 Single Phase 18.
The key elements of the Single Phase approach are as follows:
A single build period (up to 1200MW installed in a single construction period);
It is expected that the construction period would commence at some point between 2020 and 2025; and
Overall construction would be 43 months including:
o Offshore construction including offshore cable laying for approximately 43 months;
o Onshore construction for approximately 13 months (55 weeks for the substation and 29 weeks for cable installation).
Phase III Report June 2015
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