The Anonymous Widower

RWE, Masdar Move Forward With 3 GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Farms

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

The UK’s Planning Inspectorate has concluded its six-month Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) examination period for the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms, being developed by RWE and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar.

These two introductory paragraphs add more details.

Since the start of the examination this January, the Planning Inspectorate has assessed the environmental, socio-economic, and technical attributes of the DBS projects against the UK’s standards for sustainable infrastructure development.

The Inspectorate plans to prepare and submit a detailed report with recommendations to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero within the next three months, and a consent decision is expected within the next six months.

The development of this wind farm moves on.

• The lease with the Crown Estate was signed in Jan 2023.
• In November 2023, Masdar took a 49 % stake as I reported in RWE Partners With Masdar For 3 GW Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Projects.

But there is no completion date anywhere for the whole project, that I can find with Google.

If you type RWE offshore electrolysis into Google AI, you get this answer.

RWE is actively involved in several hydrogen projects utilizing offshore wind power for electrolysis, particularly in the Netherlands and Germany. These projects aim to produce green hydrogen, which is then used in various applications like industrial processes, transportation, and potentially for export. RWE is a major player in offshore wind and is leveraging this experience to advance hydrogen production.

Note.

1. RWE are one of the largest, if not the largest electricity generator in the UK.
2. In RWE Opens ‘Grimsby Hub’ For Offshore Wind Operations And Maintenance, I stated that RWE are developing almost 12 GW of offshore wind power around our shores.

So just as RWE are utilizing offshore wind power for electrolysis, particularly in the Netherlands and Germany, could they be also be planning to do the same in UK waters with the Dogger Bank South wind farm?

The hydrogen would be brought ashore in a pipeline.

There would be no need for any 3 GW overhead power lines marching across East Yorkshire and around the town of Beverley.

Two large hydrogen stores are being developed at Aldbrough and Rough in East Yorkshire.

H2ercules And AquaVentus

These  are two massive German projects, that will end the country’s reliance on Russian gas and coal.

• H2ercules is a series of pipelines that will distribute the hydrogen in Southern Germany.
• AquaVentus will build a network of pipelines to bring 10.3 GW of green hydrogen from the North Sea to the German mainland for H2ercules to distribute.

Germany is embracing hydrogen in a big way.

• I introduce AquaVentus in AquaVentus, which I suggest you read.
• AquaVentus is being developed by RWE.
• AquaVentus connects to a German hydrogen network called H2ercules to actually distribute the hydrogen.

This video shows the structure of AquaVentus.

I clipped this map from the video.

Note.

1. The thick white line running North-West/South-East is the spine of AquaVentus, that will deliver hydrogen to Germany.
2. There is a link to Esbjerg in Denmark, that is marked DK.
3. There appears to be an undeveloped link to Norway, which goes North,
4. There appears to be an undeveloped  link to Peterhead in Scotland, that is marked UK.
5. There appears to be a link to just North of the Humber in England, that is marked UK.
6. Just North of the Humber are the two massive gas storage sites of Aldbrough owned by SSE and Rough owned by Centrica.
7. Aldbrough and Rough gas storage sites are being converted into two of the largest hydrogen storage sites in the world!
8. There appear to be small ships sailing up and down the East Coast of the UK. Are these small coastal tankers, that are distributing the hydrogen to where it is needed?

When it is completed, AquaVentus will be a very comprehensive hydrogen network.

I believe that offshore electrolysers could be built in the area of the Hornsea 4, Dogger Bank South and other wind farms and the hydrogen generated would be taken by AquaVentus to either Germany or the UK.

• Both countries get the hydrogen they need.
• Excess hydrogen would be stored in Aldbrough and Rough.
• British Steel at Scunthorpe gets decarbonised.
• A 1.8 GW hydrogen-fired powerstation at Keadby gets the hydrogen it needs to backup the wind farms.

Germany and the UK get security in the supply of hydrogen.

July 16, 2025 - Posted by AnonW | Energy, Hydrogen | Aldbrough Gas Storage, AquaVentus, Dogger Bank South Wind Farm, H2ercules, Hornsea Wind Farm, Hydrogen Storage, Keadby Hydrogen Power Station, Masdar, Offshore Wind Power, Rough Gas Storage, RWE, Wind Power