{"id":82263,"date":"2020-09-10T10:24:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T09:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=82263"},"modified":"2020-09-10T10:24:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T09:24:05","slug":"om-building-for-nng-wind-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/om-building-for-nng-wind-farm\/82263\/","title":{"rendered":"Green light for maintenance building at NnG wind farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotborders.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scottish Borders Council<\/a>\u2019s (SBC) planning committee has approved plans for an Operations and Maintenance (O&amp;M) building for the offshore wind farm in Eyemouth<\/h2>\n<p>The plans were jointly submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/nngoffshorewind.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Neart na Gaoithe<\/a> (NnG) Offshore Wind Limited and Eyemouth Harbour Trust.<\/p>\n<p>The planning permission is for a new, three-storey, 1,040 square metre main building and a two-storey, 538 sqm storage warehouse.<\/p>\n<p>The O&amp;M building, designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corstorphine-wright.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corstorphine + Wright Architects<\/a>, will house the office, warehousing and staff welfare facilities required to support the servicing of NnG once the wind farm is operational.<\/p>\n<p>Onshore construction continues for NnG at various locations along the cable route which runs underground from Thorntonloch beach and up into the Lammermuir Hills.<\/p>\n<p>Offshore work started in August with seabed preparations carried out in advance of the pile casings being installed.<\/p>\n<h3>An economic boost<\/h3>\n<p>The investment in Eyemouth will bring an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/plan-for-jobs\/78958\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">economic boost<\/a> to the area providing up to 50 permanent jobs over the 25-year lifespan of the project. Additional benefits would see training, retraining and apprenticeship opportunities available to the residents of Eyemouth and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>NnG will supply enough low carbon electricity for around 375,000* homes and has a capacity of c. 450 megawatts (MW) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/low-carbon-decentralised-energy\/66189\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">low carbon energy<\/a> and will offset over 400,000 tonnes of Co2 emissions each year.<\/p>\n<h3>Welcomed by the Trust<\/h3>\n<p>Matthias Haag, NnG project director, said: \u201cHaving worked so closely with the Eyemouth Harbour Trust on the details of this proposal I am very pleased that Scottish Borders Council has approved the plans for our O&amp;M base at Eyemouth Harbour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need an O&amp;M base for the 25-year lifespan of NnG which brings with its fantastic socio-economic benefits for the town of Eyemouth and the local community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christine Bell, Eyemouth Harbour Trust business manager, said:\u00a0&#8220;The decision by SBC is warmly welcomed by Eyemouth Harbour Trust.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been working closely with the NnG project team to achieve this goal. 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