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1.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no wind turbine generator forming part of the authorised scheme shall—
(a)exceed a height of 210 metres when measured from LAT to the tip of the vertical blade;
(b)exceed a height of 124 metres when measured from LAT to the height of the centreline of the generator shaft forming part of the hub;
(c)exceed a rotor diameter of 172 metres;
(d)be less than 600 metres from the nearest WTG in either direction perpendicular to the approximate prevailing wind direction (crosswind) or be less than 600 metres from the nearest WTG in either direction which is in line with the approximate prevailing wind direction (downwind);
(e)have a distance of less than 22 metres between the lowest point of the rotating blade of the wind turbine and MHWS.
(2) References to the location of a wind turbine generator are references to the centre point of the tower of that WTG.
(3) The layout of all wind turbine generators and offshore substations within the Order limits shall comprise an overall contiguous arrangement of offshore structures, and within such overall contiguous arrangement there shall be no more than three contiguous groupings each comprising wind turbine generators of a similar size, and each such grouping shall be laid out in a regular pattern such that along each row axis within the grouping there is an approximately equal distance between wind turbine generators.
(4) For the purposes of this condition, “similar size” means a wind turbine with a difference in rotor diameter of less than 15%.
(5) No wind turbine generator or offshore substation forming part of the authorised scheme shall be erected within the area hatched black on the works plan (the “exclusion zone for wind turbine generators and offshore substations”), whose coordinates are specified below—
Point | Latitude (DMS) | Longitude (DMS) |
---|---|---|
3 | 50° 40′ 39.19 N | 000° 04′ 26.23 W |
4 | 50° 39′ 31.72 N | 000° 01′ 28.06 W |
5 | 50° 38′ 34.92 N | 000° 09′ 02.89 W |
19 | 50° 41′ 23.11 N | 000° 20′ 37.74 W |
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 Pt. 2 para. 1 in force at 6.8.2014, see art. 1
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