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Morgan and Morecambe offshore wind transmission assets granted consent
The Secretary of State granted a development consent order for the shared transmission infrastructure connecting the Morgan and Morecambe offshore wind projects to the National Grid at a substation in Penwortham, Lancashire. It was the 113th energy nationally significant infrastructure project approved out of 181 examined to date.
Our readShared transmission infrastructure for two separate wind farms is the efficient model regulators keep pointing to, and this consent is a working example of it.
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