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Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm clears radar mitigation condition
The Secretary of State discharged a post-consent condition of the Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm order requiring an air defence radar mitigation scheme. The project sits around 47km off the Norfolk coast with a maximum capacity of 1,800MW.
Our readRadar mitigation has held up several East Anglian wind farms, so discharging it removes one of the recurring post-consent obstacles for an 1,800MW project.
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