Repowering Onshore Wind - Consenting Strategies

As operational wind farms approach the end of their operational life, developers are faced with difficult decisions: decommission, life-extend or replace or upgrade old turbines with modern, higher-capacity technology.

The opportunity to take advantage of consenting hurdles already overcome at wind farm sites are set against the challenge of new technical and commercial constraints associated with the scale of infrastructure, and the complexity of a new environmental baseline.

The consenting legal and policy framework is playing catch up: how do we repower existing wind farm sites, sustain their contribution to wind energy deployment targets, and ultimately support the delivery of net zero objectives?
 
ReAmp’s Directors William Black and Alison Sidgwick, and James Gibson, Partner in Eversheds Sutherland’s Planning and Infrastructure Consenting practice, discuss the key policy considerations and the legal frameworks to inform repowering strategies.

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