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Paragraph 10 Design parameters

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(1)

Each wind turbine generator forming part of the authorised scheme must not—

(a)

exceed a height of 403 metres when measured from LAT to the tip of the vertical blade;

(b)

exceed a rotor diameter of 340 metres;

(c)

be less than 40 metres from MSL to the lowest point of the rotating blade; and

(d)

be less than 605 metres from blade tip to the blade tip of the nearest wind turbine generator.

(2)

Wind turbine generator foundation structures forming part of the authorised scheme must be monopile, gravity base structure, pin pile jacket or suction bucket jacket foundations.

(3)

In respect of a wind turbine generator—

(a)

no monopile foundation may have a diameter greater than 13 metres;

(b)

no gravity base structure foundation may have a diameter at the level of the seabed greater than 55 metres;

(c)

no pin pile jacket foundation forming part of the authorised scheme may—

(i)

have a pin pile diameter of greater than five metres; or

(ii)

employ more than four pin piles per jacket foundation;

(d)

no suction bucket jacket foundation forming part of the authorised scheme may—

(i)

have a suction bucket diameter of greater than 20 metres; or

(ii)

employ more than four suction buckets per jacket foundation;

(4)

The total seabed footprint area for wind turbine generator foundations must not exceed—

(a)

122,904 square metres excluding scour protection; and

(b)

1,041,400 square metres including scour protection.

(5)

No wind turbine generator or offshore accommodation platform forming part of the authorised scheme is to be erected within the area hatched black and marked “offshore restricted build area” on the works plans, whose coordinates are specified below and shown on the offshore order limits and grid coordinates plan—

PointLatitudeLongitude
15053° 34′ 31.492″ N001° 04′ 32.616″ E
15153° 36′ 34.077″ N001° 08′ 26.916″ E
15253° 39′ 12.689″ N001° 28′ 43.588″ E
84553° 33′ 59.545″ N001° 03′ 36.079″ E
84653° 33′ 59.382″ N001° 03′ 35.074″ E
84753° 34′ 09.033″ N001° 03′ 52.365″ E
84853° 34′ 31.223″ N001° 04′ 32.133″ E
84953° 36′ 37.559″ N001° 19′ 54.519″ E
85053° 38′ 07.792″ N001° 29′ 20.432″ E
85153° 34′ 27.499″ N001° 06′ 28.034″ E
(6)

The total number of wind turbine generators comprised in the authorised development must not exceed 100.