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Sussex wind farm plans move forward

5:40pm Thursday 22nd September 2011 in News By John Keenan, business editor

An energy company has taken another step towards installing a wind farm in the English Channel.

E.ON has applied for permission from the Marine Management Organisation to put a 100 metre mast on a site 13 kilometres off the Sussex coast.

The mast will collect data which will help E.ON to design the best possible layout for the location of the wind farm.

The Rampion wind farm, which was named after the county flower of Sussex by students at Davison High School in Selborne Road, Worthing, could supply about 430,000 homes with renewable electricity.

The Crown Estate awarded E.ON the exclusive right to seek consent to build the large scale offshore wind farm in January 2010.

If built, it could supply enough electricity for almost two-thirds of the households in East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove.

The scheme has already received the backing of Brighton and Hove City Council and the city’s MPs.

The company will discuss their plans with members of the Newhaven, Seaford and Peacehaven Chambers of Commerce on Monday at Woody's Bar and Grill, Peacehaven Golf Club.

An information stall will be at Churchill Square Farmer’s Market, Brighton on Wednesday (September 28) from 9am to 5pm.

For more information visit www.seafordchamber.co.uk or email Gerri Ori at gerri@brooklynmotors.co.uk

Comments(8)

Joshiman says...
6:29pm Thu 22 Sep 11

Could supply enough electricity."Could "being the operative word.Will it save the householder money.?Of course not.
An eyesore? of course it will be.Make pots of money for the companies involved?Of course it will.
Were we asked for our opinions?Of course not.

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Stu says...
6:36pm Thu 22 Sep 11

How can it be an eyesore? If you're 6ft tall and standing on the waters edge on the beach, the horizon is only 3.3 miles away. Even with the height of the towers you'll barely be able to see it, if at all!

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John Steed says...
6:44pm Thu 22 Sep 11

in the late sixties the claim was that north sea gas would be to cheap to meter, the facts always turn out to the consumers disadvantage, who of course is the one who foots the bill for everything

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ICantThinkOfAName says...
8:01pm Thu 22 Sep 11

Do I remember reading somewhere that operators of wind farms are paid more for not producing electricity in low consumption periods than they are paid when producing?

What a scam! No wonder so many producers want to build wind turbines.

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mustaphaLeeko says...
9:22pm Thu 22 Sep 11

Joshiman wrote:
Could supply enough electricity."Co
uld "being the operative word.Will it save the householder money.?Of course not. An eyesore? of course it will be.Make pots of money for the companies involved?Of course it will. Were we asked for our opinions?Of course not.
moan moan moan moan moan!

you sound like Victor Meldrew.

I'd hate to have you as a friend, I'd top myself.

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leobrighton says...
10:51pm Thu 22 Sep 11

Fact is offshore wind power is the most expensive method of generating electricity who pays?

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Spx says...
7:30am Fri 23 Sep 11

Winds farms are less cruel than fatties running around giant hamster wheels, and are likely to get smaller the way mobile phones have!

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Morpheus says...
6:58pm Sat 24 Sep 11

When are the Argus reporters going to learn something about the technology they report on? Wind farms can never supply the energy needs of any specified number of houses or businesses. When the wind does not blow we need fossil or nuclear power stations of the same capacity, so why bother building expensive wind turbines when we have to build other cheaper power stations anyway.

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