Paragraph 2 I1

England and Wales

Wind turbine generator foundations

(1)

Wind turbine generator foundations must be of one or more of the following foundation options: piled monopile, suction bucket monopile, piled jacket, suction bucket jacket or gravity base structure.

(2)

No wind turbine generator piled monopile or suction bucket monopile foundation may—

(a)

have a pile diameter exceeding 16 metres; or

(b)

employ a hammer energy during installation exceeding 5,500 kilojoules.

(3)

No wind turbine generator gravity base structure foundation may—

(a)

have a seabed base plate exceeding 60 metres in diameter; or

(b)

have a gravel footing exceeding 62 metres in diameter.

(4)

No wind turbine generator piled jacket or suction bucket jacket foundation may—

(a)

have more than four legs;

(b)

have more than four piles;

(c)

have a pile diameter exceeding four metres; or

(d)

employ a hammer energy during installation exceeding 3,000 kilojoules.

(5)

Within Work No. 1B, the wind turbine generator foundations must not have—

(a)

a total combined seabed footprint (including scour protection) exceeding 610,726 square metres;

(b)

a total combined amount of scour protection exceeding 542,867 square metres; or

(c)

a total combined volume of scour protection exceeding 1,357,168 cubic metres.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 11 Pt. 2 para. 2 in force at 9.5.2024, see art. 1