East Anglia ONE Offshore Windfarm Construction Artificial Lighting Emissions Plan
September, 2016
1 Introduction 1.1 Project Overview 1.
East Anglia ONE Limited (EAOL) was awarded a Development Consent Order (DCO) by the Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on June 17th 2014 for East Anglia ONE OffshoreWind Farm. The DCO granted consent for the development of a 1200MW offshore windfarm and associated infrastructure.
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In February 2015 EAOL secured a Contract for Difference (CfD) award to build a 714MW project and ScottishPower Renewables announced its role in leading East Anglia ONE towards construction. In April 2015 EAOL submitted a non- material change application to DECC to amend the consent from direct current (DC) technology to alternating current (AC). In March 2016 DECC authorised the proposed change application and issued a Corrections and Amendments Order.
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The onshore construction works associated with EA ONE comprise of the following, which based on the AC technology with a capacity of 714MW, comprises;
A landfall site at Bawdsey, Suffolk Up to six underground cables, approx. 37km in length Up to four cable ducts for the future East Anglia THREE project An onshore substation located at Bramford next to existing National Grid infrastructure
1.2 Scope and Purpose 4.
This Construction Artificial Lighting Emissions Plan (CALEP) sets outs mitigation measures to be applied to the construction activities being undertaken as part of EA ONE onshore construction works to reduce the potential for significant impacts from light emissions. This plan has been produced to fulfil DCO Requirements 21 (1) & (2) and 20 (2) (f) which state:
21. - (1) No stage of the connection works shall commence until written details of any external lighting to be installed in connection with that stage, including measures to prevent light spillage, have, after consultation with the highway authority, been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority; and any approved means of lighting shall be installed in accordance with the approved details and retained for the duration of the construction period. (2) Any means of construction lighting approved under sub-paragraph (1) must be removed on completion of the relevant stage of the connection works.
20. (2) The code of construction practice must include- (f) artificial light emissions plan;
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The scope of this plan is the onshore construction works, which includes all construction activities associated within the onshore cable route and onshore substation, referred to within the DCO asWork No’s 3B to 38.
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The purpose of this CALEP is to ensure that the onshore construction works of EA ONE comply with relevant European and UK legislation, DCO conditions, environmental commitments as set out in the Environmental Statement (ES), and environmental and construction best practice.
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This plan sets out the management measures which EAOL will require its contractors to adopt and implement for any onshore construction works for EA ONE. This includes the installation of the ducts and cables along the onshore cable route, the construction of the new onshore substation and any associated temporary works, such as temporary haul road and Construction Consolidation Sites (CCS).
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