Generation assets

The generation assets include the following offshore elements to generate electricity
from the wind:

• Wind turbine generators (up to 96 turbines)

• Up to four offshore substation platforms

• Offshore interconnector cables connecting the wind turbine generators

• Offshore inter-array cables connecting the OSPs

The Morgan Offshore Wind Project: Generation Assets is classed as a Nationally
Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP). This means that a Development Consent
Order (DCO) application was submitted to the Secretary of State.

Transmission assets

The transmission assets include the following permanent and temporary
infrastructure that are responsible for connecting the generation assets to the
national grid:

• Offshore infrastructure including offshore export cables, offshore substation
  platform(s), interconnector cables and an offshore booster station.
• Landfall works, transition joint bays including the offshore and onshore cables,
  intertidal working area and landfall construction compound(s), and temporary
  and permanent access.
• Onshore infrastructure from the transition joint bays to the electricity
  transmission network connection. This includes onshore export cables to the
  two new substations, temporary construction compounds, temporary and
  permanent access, and onward connections to the existing National Grid
  substation at Penwortham.
• Areas for biodiversity net gain, enhancement and/or mitigation, including
  permanent access for operation and maintenance of those areas.

In October 2022, direction was given by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy that the transmission infrastructure for the Morgan Offshore Wind Project: Generation Assets was to be treated as a development that requires development consent under the Planning Act 2008.

As determined by the National Grid-led Holistic Network Design in 2022, Morgan has been given a connection to the existing national grid Penwortham substation in Northwest England. As directed by the UK Government’s Offshore Transmission Network Review the same year it was determined that the Morgan and Morecambe offshore wind farms should collaborate on a joint DCO application for the transmission assets to connect to the national grid at Penwortham.

The Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms: Transmission Assets project refers to the offshore and onshore assets that will be used to transport electricity from the Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms to the existing substation at Penwortham.