Representation by Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Ltd)
- Date submitted
- 12 June 2024
- Submitted by
- Non-statutory organisations
Ossian Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (Ossian) wish to register as an interested party in the Development Consent Order Examination for the Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm (ODOWF) for the following reasons: Ossian is a joint venture partnership between SSER, Marubeni Corporation and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. The Ossian Offshore Wind Farm (Ossian OWF) will be located some 80km off the coast of Angus, in Scotland. Through National Grid Electrical Systems Operator (ESO)’s Holistic Network Design (HND) process, Ossian OWF will connect the renewable energy generated by the Ossian OWF to national grid substations in the Lincolnshire Area, at Lincolnshire Connection Node (LCN) in East Lindsey District Council and at Weston Marsh (WM) in the South Holland District Council area. The latter connection is also the grid connection for ODOWF. Therefore, the two projects have a shared interest in terms of their transmission assets connection into WM. The transmission assets connections for Ossian OWF have been designated as projects of national significance by the Secretary of State for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to a direction made under s.35 Planning Act 2008 dated 23 May 2024. Ossian OWF has not yet submitted its applications for development consent for the Ossian OWF transmission assets, which Ossian is in the early stages of preparing. Ossian is not seeking to object to the ODOWF application and is supportive of the ODOWF development recognising the substantial benefits to energy security and renewable energy generation in combating the effects of climate change. However, owing to the shared interest of the transmission assets connection at WM, Ossian wishes to register as an interested party to preserve its future interests and participate in the ODOWF Examination as necessary.