Green Volt Offshore Windfarm Limited: application for the Authority's consent to its exercise of statutory rights of entry on land
- Publication type:
- Consultation
- Status:
- Open
- Publication date:
- Closing date:
- Topic:
- Offshore electricity transmission
- Industry sector:
- Offshore Transmission Network
We are consulting on our proposed approach to granting Authority consent for a request to access land made by Green Volt Offshore Windfarm Limited.
Consultation description
Green Volt Offshore Windfarm Limited is conducting planning and surveying work for its planned cable corridor, connecting the landfall of their generation, north of Peterhead, to a substation near New Deer. The developer has been denied access to one of the remaining parcels of land that requires surveying, specifically the farm and lands of Newseat, Inverugie, Peterhead.
We are consulting on Green Volt Offshore Windfarm Limited’s application for the Authority’s consent to exercise its statutory rights of entry on land under paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 of the 1989 Electricity Act, for the purposes set out in, and in accordance with, Standard Licence Condition (SLC) 15(4) of the electricity generation licence.
Who should respond
We welcome responses from interested stakeholders, particularly:
- electricity generation licence holders
- landowners
- interested members of the public
How to respond
Submit your response by 9 January 2026 by emailing Offshore.Coordination@ofgem.gov.uk.