More Rampion meetings

Planning Inspectorate meetings at Brighton Centre
The Argus notes:

Various meetings will be held by the Government’s Planning Inspectorate to examine EON’s application.

The first three will be held on Wednesday, October 30, Thursday, October 31 and November 1 at 9.30am at the Brighton Centre syndicate wing one and two.

A development consent order and deemed marine licence hearing will take place on Wednesday, November 6 and Thursday, November 7 at the Brighton Centre auditorium.

Further hearings will take place throughout November and December, a full list of which is available at planningportal.gov.uk – application reference number EN010032.

[If you can find that list, please email us the URL and it will be added to this post.]

GMB not at work

GMB not at work on the E-on Rampion wind farm
The website reNews is reporting that the GMB union has belatedly realized that Rampion is unlikely to provide much work for its members:

UK union GMB has today called on German utility Eon to provide more information on the employment benefits from the 665MW Rampion offshore wind farm near Brighton.

The union, which represents workers in the energy industry, is concerned that the Round 3 project will bring no boost to the UK economy yet would assure Eon “a good return on their investment”.

GMB said it suspected that Eon will source the turbines from Germany or Denmark, transport them on barges from the Netherlands and connect them with cables made in China.