Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 25 January 2023, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 February 2023. It was answered by Lord Callanan (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 February 2023 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the planned fivefold increase in the target for offshore wind power production by 2030, what plans they have to amend the criteria for assessing the related cumulative impact.
- Answer
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Ensuring environmental protections are maintained is a key component of work being undertaken by Government to facilitate the acceleration of offshore wind. The Energy Bill makes provisions to deliver the Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Package (OWEIP), which was announced in the British Energy Security Strategy.
The OWEIP will streamline Habitat Regulation Assessments, develop and implement Offshore Wind Environmental Standards, and create a Marine Recovery Fund to enable environmental compensation to be undertaken at a strategic level. This ensures developments are located where there are lower environmental sensitivities, and/or where impacts can be avoided, reduced, mitigated, or if required, compensated.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL5068
- Session
- 2022-23
- Subjects
- Seas and oceans Wind power
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- 2023-02-08 14:42:49 +0000
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