Able Marine Energy Park compromise
The UK’s Associated British Ports (ABP) is working with Able UK to find a way to enable the Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) and Immingham Western Deepwater Jetty (IWDJ) projects to move ahead alongside each other without damaging job creation opportunities for the Humber region.
The fight to progress with the projects began when ABP announced plans to develop a deepwater jetty on an 11-acre site it currently owns, but which Able UK had hoped to purchase to complete its AMEP development.
ABP says a solution is achievable and that the joint use of the Special Parliamentary Procedure by both ABP and Able to amend the consent is the most efficient way of delivering the maximum benefit to the region.
An agreement is yet to be reached, but ABP says it will continue to work towards a solution.
In the meantime, the group has filed two petitions with Parliament. The first reflects its preference that both projects be delivered to the maximum benefit of the Humber region. A second ‘back-up’ petition against the Secretary of State’s decision in general has also been filed, which ABP says it would only pursue if it cannot reach an agreement that permits it to promote the IWDJ development alongside AMEP.
Able’s AMEP is set to become the largest offshore wind park in Europe and is expected to create more than 4,000 jobs and bring economic benefits for northern Lincolnshire.
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