Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm EIA
Renewable Energy
The Dogger Bank wind farm zone, located in the North Sea off the coast of East Yorkshire, is potentially the world’s largest offshore wind project. If fully developed, the 8,660km2 area could contain more than 2,000 wind turbine generators and provide an immense 13GW of electricity – enough to supply ten per cent of the UK’s electricity requirements.
Given the size of the development, the zone will be developed in a series of ‘Tranches’, each containing a number of projects with an overall capacity of around 3GW in each Tranche.
The plans for the Dogger Bank zone are being developed by Forewind, a fourcompany consortium comprising SSE, RWE npower renewables, and Norwegian energy companies Statoil and Statkraft. As well as offshore turbines, substations and underwater cables, the zone will also require considerable onshore infrastructure, including converter stations, and hundreds of kilometres of underground cable to export the electricity to the National Grid.
Originally commissioned by SSE in 2008, prior to the formal establishment of Forewind, Royal Haskoning’s initial role was to assist in gaining rights from The Crown Estate to develop the zone under Round 3 of the UK’s offshore wind licensing arrangements.
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