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White Cross Floating Wind Farm Secures Full Statutory Approval

Full approval clears the final hurdle for detailed design with preparatory work set to begin on the 100 MW Celtic Sea project.

Credit: Flotation Energy
Controversial floating wind farm has green lights across the board to go ahead
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Overview

  • Flotation Energy and Cobra received full onshore consent from North Devon Council alongside a marine licence from the Marine Management Organisation.
  • The scheme will install six to eight floating turbines totalling 100 MW around 52 kilometres off North Devon, linking to the grid via trenchless cables buried beneath Braunton Burrows SAC and the Taw-Torridge Estuary.
  • Planning conditions stipulate that developers must commence onshore cabling and substation construction before mid-2028 to retain project approvals.
  • Opponents Love Braunton and Save Our Sands are raising funds for a judicial challenge aimed at rerouting the cable landfall at Saunton Sands.
  • Designed to power 135,000 homes, White Cross forms part of the Crown Estate’s drive to scale up floating wind and boost the South West’s renewable energy supply chain.