North Hoyle

Licence: Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm DCO – Deadline 7 ExQ3 response on North Hoyle decommissioning

On 8 March 2023, at Deadline 7 of the Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm DCO examination, North Hoyle Wind Farm Limited submitted a response to Examining Authority Question 3 regarding decommissioning of the North Hoyle project. The submission stated that North Hoyle is expected to operate for at least 30 years, implying decommissioning could start in summer 2034 at the earliest, noted that the Crown Estate lease runs for 50 years so life could extend beyond 2034, and indicated that offshore decommissioning works are expected to last at least 42 days.

Licence: Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm DCO – Compulsory Acquisition Hearing submissions by North Hoyle Wind Farm Ltd regarding export cable protection

On 28 February 2023, North Hoyle Wind Farm Limited participated in a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing for the Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm DCO, making oral submissions to protect its interests. In the subsequent written summary, North Hoyle highlighted unresolved issues over a proposed cable crossing agreement, including concerns about potential curtailment of North Hoyle’s generation during grid connection works, opposition to an indemnity cap, and objections to being required to provide reciprocal indemnities and insurance, and requested that robust protective provisions be included in the DCO if agreement could not be reached.

Licence: Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Development Consent Order (DCO) examination – written representation by North Hoyle Wind Farm Ltd on export cable crossing

On 25 October 2022, North Hoyle Wind Farm Limited submitted a written representation to the examination of the Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Development Consent Order under the Planning Act 2008. The representation raised concerns about the preferred export cable route crossing the existing North Hoyle export cable, questioned why alternative routes avoiding North Hoyle had been rejected, and indicated that North Hoyle’s consent for any crossing would need to be secured, likely via a cable crossing agreement, before the Awel y Môr scheme could proceed.