Dogger Bank Wind Farm
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| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Location | Dogger Bank |
| Coordinates | 54°45′N 1°55′E / 54.750°N 1.917°ECoordinates: 54°45′N 1°55′E / 54.750°N 1.917°E |
| Status | Proposed |
| Owner(s) | Forewind |
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| Type | Offshore |
| Distance from shore | 125 km (78 mi) |
Dogger Bank Wind Farm is a proposed offshore wind farm to be located between 125 to 290 kilometres (78 to 180 mi) off the east coast of Yorkshire, in the North Sea, England. It is being developed by the Forewind consortium. It is expected that the Dogger Bank development will consist of four offshore wind farms, each with a capacity of up to 1.2 GW, creating a combined capacity of 4.8 GW. Further plans for an additional two 1.2 GW wind farms were shelved in 2015. Planning consent for the first phase of the project (Dogger Bank Creyke Beck) was granted by the UK government in February 2015, and consent for the second phase (Dogger Bank Teesside) was granted in August 2015.
Dogger Bank is in the North Sea, located between 125 kilometres (78 mi) and 290 kilometres (180 mi) off the east coast of Yorkshire. It is one of nine offshore zones belonging to the Crown Estate which formed part of the third licence round for UK offshore wind farms.
The Dogger Bank is an attractive location for offshore wind farms because it is far away from shore, avoiding complaints about the visual impact of wind turbines, yet the water depth is shallow enough for traditional fixed foundation wind turbine designs. Fixed-foundation wind turbines are economically limited to maximum water depths of 40 to 50 metres (130 to 160 ft), at greater water depths new floating wind turbine designs are required, which currently cost significantly more to build.
The Forewind consortium was formed by the four owner companies – SSE, RWE, Statoil and Statkraft – in November 2008 in response to the third licence round. In January 2010, Forewind was announced as the developer for the Dogger Bank Zone, the largest of the Round 3 zones. Statoil increases its share from Statkraft, beginning in 2017.
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