Earlier this week, National Grid Ventures published their supplementary non-statutory consultation response to Lionlink, which includes a proposal for landfall into either Southwold or Walberswick with a huge converter station at Saxmundham and substation at Friston.
Therese said: "I completely oppose NGV’s proposals and continue to make the case to National Grid ESO and government ministers that brownfield sites closer to London should be used instead, especially as a majority of the power will then be transported to London and the southeast. Now that Ofgem is not supporting the Nautilus project, I call on National Grid to investigate the Isle of Grain as their landing point for Lionlink, which they were previously investigating for Nautilus. Ultimately, though, there is still a long way to go before final permissions are granted, including NGV having to undertake a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment. That will not be easy for them to justify considering the impact this would have on the specially protected sites in the Blyth Estuary. I am already engaging with statutory bodies such as Natural England on their response to these proposals. It is welcome that NGV is no longer considering the other sites along the coast, though I recognise that Sealink is still a threat."
You can view NGV’s consultation response here: https://www.nationalgrid.com/national-grid-ventures/future-developments/lionlink
Photo: Therese at the Southwold site.
