The acceptance means that the application has reached the required standards to proceed to public examination before being determined by the Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change. Natural Resources Wales will consider in parallel an application for the marine licence that is required due to the project’s location in Welsh waters.
“This is a hugely important step in the process that will, hopefully, see us on site in Swansea Bay in Spring 2015 with the first power being generated in 2018” said Mark Shorrock, CEO of Tidal Lagoon Power, the company behind the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon. “Through an ongoing process of operational optimisation, we now expect power output for the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon to hit 495GWh per annum, enough power to supply 155,000 homes.”
As an offshore generating station in excess of 100MW installed capacity, the project qualifies as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) under the 2008 Act.
According to Alex Herbert, Head of Planning for Tidal Lagoon Power, the project has kept the team at TLP busy for nearly three years.
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