Paragraph 3 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 foundation.

(2)

No wind turbine generator piled monopile or suction bucket monopile foundation may have a pile diameter exceeding 16 metres.

(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; or

(c)

have a pile diameter exceeding four metres.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 3 in force at 9.5.2024, see art. 1