Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022 edition - Flipbook - Page 39
Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022
Local SOA for examination and
approval, after which the Local SOA
issues an opinion letter on navigation
safety;
g) conduct a safety pre-evaluation design
and prepare the relevant safety
pre-evaluation report, and record-file
it with the local counterpart of the
Ministry of Emergency Management
to obtain a safety pre-assessment;
h)obtain the grid connection and
operation opinion letters from the Grid
Company, or the co-ordination opinion
letters of grid connection from the NEA
or its provincial counterparts; and
i)obtain the documents of the project
financing granted by a financial
institution;
2.2. after the preparatory activities listed
above have been completed, the developer
can file an application to the Local NEA to
obtain the Project Approval, submitting
the preliminary opinions and other
documents obtained in connection with
such preparatory activities, as well as any
additional documents as requested by the
Local NEA on a case-by-case basis (for
example, the Local NEA may request a
Report on Social Stability Risk
Assessment issued by the local People’s
Government); and
3.after obtaining the Project Approval, the
developer must obtain the following
additional approvals and permits:
a)a certificate of right to use the sea areas
(Certificate of Use of Sea Areas), issued
by the Local SOA, certifying the right of
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the developer to use the relevant sea
areas for the purpose of carrying out
the project;
b)a permit of construction of submarine
cables, issued by the SOA after the
completion of the investigation and
exploration of the sea areas for
submarine cable routing; and
c)a suite of construction permits
required for construction activities on
land, issued by the local counterpart of
the MOHURD.
After the construction works have been
completed, the developer of the project
should undertake certain inspection and
acceptance procedures involving the
construction works and the environmental
protection facilities of the plant. After such
procedures have been completed, the project
entity must obtain a business licence for
electricity generation, in accordance with
Article 4 of the Provisions on the
Administration of the Electric Power
Business Licence, to engage in the electricity
generation business at the offshore wind
power plant. Such licence is issued by the
Local NEA within 20 to 30 days, is valid for a
20-year term and can be renewed. In
accordance with the Notice on Implementing
the Reform of “Streamlining the
Government, Delegating Power and
Improving Government Services” and
Optimizing the Administration of Electric
Power Business License issued by the NEA
on 23 March 2020, the wind power projects
with installed capacity of less than 6 MW will
be exempted from obtaining such license.