The Anonymous Widower

Plans Emerge For 8 GW Of Offshore Wind On Dogger Bank

Wikipedia has an entry, which is a List Of Offshore Wind Farms In The United Kingdom.

The totals are worth a look.

• Operational – 13279 MW
• Under Construction – 4125 MW
• Proposed Under The UK Government’s Contracts For Difference Round 3 – 2412 MW
• Proposed Under The UK Government’s Contracts For Difference Round 4 – 7026 MW
• Exploratory Phase, But No Contract for Difference – Scotland – 24,826 MW
• Exploratory Phase, But No Contract for Difference – England – 14,500 MW

Note.

1. That gives a Grand Total of 66,168 MW or 66.168 GW.
2. The government’s target is 50 GW of offshore wind by 2030.
3. The typical UK power need is around 23 GW, so with nuclear and solar, we could be approaching three times the electricity generation capacity that we currently need.

The figures don’t include projects like Berwick Bank, Cerulean Wind, Norfolk Vanguard or Northern Horizons, which are not mentioned in Wikipedia’s list.

I regularly look at the list of wind farms in this Wikipedia entry and noticed that the number of Dogger Bank wind farms had increased.

They are now given as.

• Dogger Bank A – 1200 MW – Completion in 2023/24
• Dogger Bank B – 1200 MW – Completion in 2024/25
• Dogger Bank C – 1200 MW – Completion in 2024/25
• Dogger Bank D – 1320 MW – No Completion Given
• Dogger Bank South – 3000 MW – No Completion Given

Note, that gives a Grand Total of 7920 MW or 7.920 GW.

This article on offshoreWIND.biz is entitled BREAKING: SSE, Equinor Plan 1.3 GW Dogger Bank D Offshore Wind Project.

It was published on the October 6th, 2022 and starts with this summary.

SSE Renewables and Equinor are looking into building what would be the fourth part of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, whose three phases (A, B and C) are currently under construction. Surveys are now underway at an offshore site where the partners want to develop Dogger Bank D, which would bring Dogger Bank Wind Farm’s total capacity to nearly 5 GW if built.

Obviously, there are a few ifs and buts about this development, but it does look like SSE Renewables and Equinor are serious about developing Dogger Bank D.

More Dogger Bank Gigawatts for UK As RWE Moves Forward With Two 1.5 GW Projects

This subheading describes, the 3 GW wind farm, that I listed earlier as Dogger Bank South.

These three paragraphs describe the projects.

RWE is now moving forward with two new offshore wind farms in the Zone, each with a 1.5 GW generation capacity, after the company obtained approval from the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to enter into an Agreement for Lease with The Crown Estate this Summer, following the Round 4 leasing process.

The wind farms will be built at two adjacent sites located just southwest of the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm and are dubbed Dogger Bank South (DBS) East and Dogger Bank South (DBS) West.

RWE has also started with geophysical seabed surveys within the wind turbine array areas for its two new projects.

It appears that they have already got the leasing process started.

When Will Dogger Bank D And Dogger Bank South Be Operational?

Consider.

• In How Long Does It Take To Build An Offshore Wind Farm?, showed that a lot of offshore wind farms have gone from planning permission to first operation in six years.
• I don’t think that there will be planning permission problems on the Dogger Bank.
• The two wind farms are a continuation of Dogger Bank A, B and C and the Sofia wind farms.
• A lot of the construction, would be more of the same.

With average luck, I can see Dogger Bank D and Dogger Bank South in full production before the end of 2028.

October 16, 2022 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Dogger Bank, Dogger Bank South Wind Farm, Dogger Bank Wind Farms, Equinor, Floating Wind Power, Offshore Wind Power, RWE, Sofia Wind Farm, SSE, SSE Renewables, Wind Power