A number of stretches of land where ownership can’t be determined will be shown to the local Moray community before a compulsory purchase order (CPO) is put in place by Moray East Offshore Wind Farm.
Part of a process that’s been ongoing since Autumn last year, the publication of documents showing land where owners haven’t been identified will be made available in a final move before final power purchase is sought by developer EDP Renewables.
Around 12 pieces of land of varying sizes sit currently unclaimed.
According to a public notice the consultation period will last for two months.
Documents will be available for public view in Turriff and MacDuff Libraries.
A spokesman for Moray East said: “There’s a standard process in place for long and narrow corridors. Because there is no registered owner we had to go through compulsory purchase order to secure the rights to the land. The legal process requires us to advertise what those parcels of land are.”
Moray East Offshore Wind Farm, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Engie and the companion development to Moray WEst Offshore Wind Farm, aims to develop offshore wind generation in the outer Moray Firth and needs the land to connect the planned Moray Offshore Wind Farm to the grid.
Proposals for the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm were approved in 2014, and now the project is moving forward with developer EDPR awarding contracts within the supply chain.
When the development was first announced the amount of energy to be generated was quoted at around 950,000 homes, but a spokesperson for Moray East has revealed last year that they believe the potential to be much higher based on the project’s own data.
