Dogger Bank will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm

Dogger Bank Teesside A&B, the next stage of the proposed giant Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the North Sea – the biggest offshore wind project in the world - has gained planning consent from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd. The farm will have an installed capacity of up to 2.4 GW, with each site hosting up to 200 turbines installed in an area of seabed of around 600 km², located 165 km from the north east coast of England.

The Teesside project is equal in size to the world’s largest previously consented project, Dogger Bank Creyke Bank (also up to 2.4 GW) situated alongside it, which gained consent in February. 

The site of Dogger Bank Teesside A&B is the farthest from shore, but also one of the shallowest, with high wind speeds and seabed conditions ideally suited to offshore wind development, according to developers RWE, SSE, Statkraft and Statoil – the Forewind consortium.

Power from Dogger Bank Teesside A&B will come to shore between Redcar and Marske-by-the-Sea, in Teesside and the 9-km onshore cable will connect into the national grid at the existing Lackenby Substation, adjacent to the Wilton International industrial complex.

When constructed, Dogger Bank Teesside A&B will be one of UK’s largest power generators, second only to the 3.9 GW Drax coal and biomass-fired station in North Yorkshire.

Meanwhile, DONG Energy has made Siemens the preferred turbine supplier for the proposed 1.2 GW Hornsea Project One wind farm, to be located 120 km off the Yorkshire coast and covering an area of 407 km².