UK Government Approves World's Largest Offshore Wind Project

The UK government has given its approval for the development of Dogger Bank Teesside A&B, off the UK's east coast. The consent is offshore wind consortium Forewind's second approval following that of Dogger Bank Creyke Beck A &B in February this year. Both consented developments have a proposed installed capacity of 2.4 GW, making them the equal largest renewable energy applications ever to be approved in the UK, and together at 4.8 GW, the world's biggest planned offshore wind scheme.

The Forewind consortium, owned equally by the four international energy companies - RWE, SSE, Statkraft and Statoil, said it has ceased work on its remaining development consent applications for the vast Dogger Bank area to focus efforts on the four areas now consented by the UK government.

The consortium said that with the consent award, the Dogger Bank development now totals 4.8 GW and includes four 1.2 GW projects - Dogger Bank Creyke Beck A, Dogger Bank Creyke Beck B, Dogger Bank Teesside A and Dogger Bank Teesside B.

"These four Dogger Bank projects are a huge commitment and will require significant resources and attention from the owner companies to progress to the next stages. Together their capacity is almost equal to the total of all the offshore wind farms currently in operation in the UK," the company said.

The discontinued phase, known as Dogger Bank Teesside C & D, comprised two projects totalling 2.4 GW. The two projects have been removed from Forewind's portfolio and the rights to develop that area of seabed, along with the remainder of the Dogger Bank Zone, have been returned to The Crown Estate, which is the landlord of the UK's seabed.

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