Consultation: Orbital decommissioning programme
Orbital Marine Power is undertaking a project to install a second 2 MW floating tidal turbine, Orbital O2.2, at EMEC’s Fall of Warness, Orkney, in 2023.
Orbital Marine Power have requested consent from the regulator, Marine Scotland, to deploy and test the O2.2. As part of the consenting process, a Decommissioning Programme must be produced and consulted on under the Energy Act 2004. On behalf of Orbital Marine Power, EMEC has opened up a consultation on the Decommissioning Programme and would like to invite stakeholders and members of the public to provide responses including any concerns, via email info@emec.org.uk or phone +44(0) 1856 852060.
Please provide responses by 5pm 4 August 2021.
All received consultation responses will be supplied to the regulator and considered during the decommissioning programme determination and approval process executed by Marine Scotland, on behalf of Scottish Ministers.