www.acre.gov.gg
Current activities include:
Monitoring
the activities of
developers to ensure compliance
with their license.
Facilitating
the marine and land
based Consent processes by
developing clear, unambiguous
guidance for developers to
ensure compliance with local
legislation and best practice.
Progressing
environmental
baseline and research studies
to inform the Commission, and
expedite development on the
island and in territorial waters.
Promoting
a Channel Islands
approach to seeking access to UK and European markets and subsidies.
Working
with neighbouring jurisdictions to progress and co-ordinate consenting
arrangements to resolve environmental, shipping and fishing issues in adjacent sea areas.
Investigating
other renewable energy sources in addition to tidal power, including
onshore renewable energy systems, with the ambition of decreasing Alderney’s
dependence on diesel generated electricity.
The focus
at present is on the exploitation of the island’s tidal resource. By 2020, it is
envisaged that an interconnector will run from France, Alderney and Britain (known as the
FAB Link project) to enable tidal energy to be exported from Alderney by the developer,
ARE Limited.
The Commission’s Regulatory Framework is reviewed regularly to ensure it encompasses
best practice from both the UK and EU within this evolving sector of Marine Renewables.
The Commission’s licensing process involves a comprehensive examination of an
applicant’s technical and financial proposal.
The consents process is robust, transparent and straightforward. It is a two stage
process, phase 1 being the grant of a Licence to conduct preparatory tidal surveys
and other investigations over a concession covering a number of blocks, and phase 2
being the individual Operating Consent to develop each block within that concession.
Guides to the Marine Consenting Process and Decommissioning and Health and Safety
requirements are available to download from the Commission’s website.
France
Alderney
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