NeuConnect Interconnector Archeologisch Bureauonderzoek

<p>Wessex Archaeology was commissioned to prepare a marine archaeological baseline desk-based assessment including an Environmental Appraisal (EA) for part of the marine cable corridor of the NeuConnect Interconnector; a proposed 1400MW High Velocity Direct Current (HVDC) electricity interconnector cable extending both underwater and underground with on-shore converter stations linking into the existing electricity grids in Great Britain and Germany. The Project is being developed by an international consortium, NeuConnect Britain Limited.</p><p> The NeuConnect marine cable corridor will extend within Dutch Offshore Waters from the median line between UK and Dutch Offshore Waters in the west through the Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to the median line between Dutch and German Offshore Waters to the east.</p><p> The desk-based assessment comprises: relevant legislation and guidance; methodology; an archaeological baseline study informed by an archaeological assessment of geophysical data, geotechnical samples and relevant documentary archives and a high-level Environmental Appraisal informed by the desk-based assessment, which includes an assessment of value and sensitivity of the assets identified within the assessed Study Area.</p>