By Geoff Fisher Re: Equinor’s application accepted for offshore wind farm extensions (Reepham Life, 25 October 2022).
Am I missing something here? As I understand it there are currently two cable trenches due to be laid across our region from offshore wind farms, and I thought I had read that at least one of them was going to be built to accommodate future expansion.
If I am correct, why then is it necessary for new trenches to be dug every time a new offshore windfarm is created?
Why cannot there be one trench of sufficient capacity to accommodate current and likely future cable requirements, thus avoiding all the disruption and upheaval, cost, and the contribution to global warming that such engineering works must create?
Is this something that local councils should be taking up with our MP? It does seem on the face of it like a total lack of joined-up thinking.
Rupert Birtles, Pettywell, Reepham
Geoff Fisher