The Anonymous Widower

Development Consent Decision On 3 GW Dogger Bank South Project Postponed

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

This is the sub-heading.

The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has set a new deadline for the decision on the Development Consent Order (DCO) for Dogger Bank South, a 3 GW offshore wind project developed by RWE, which the company owns in partnership with Masdar.

These two paragraphs add more detail to the project.

The statutory deadline for the decision on the project was 10 January 2026. This has now been moved to 30 April.

According to a statement from the Minister for Energy Consumers, Martin McCluskey, the extension will allow time to request further information that was not provided for consideration during the examination period and to give all interested parties the opportunity to review and comment on such information.

I clipped this map from the Dogger Bank South web site.

Note.

1. Bridlington, Kingston-Upon-Hull and Scarborough can be picked out on the coast of East Yorkshire.
2. The two wind farms and the route of the cables to the shore can be clearly seen.

I just wonder, whether the nature of the project is changing.

Consider.

• Three GW is a lot of power to move across Yorkshire to where it can be connected to the grid.
• In Consultation On Offshore Wind Reform: Hydrogen Sector Calls For Hybrid Connection Concepts And Warns Of Compensation Risks, German companies involved in the AquaVentus project are calling for more hydrogen to be produced offshore and piped to the shore.
• Could hydrogen produced in the Dogger Bank Wind farms be piped to the Northern end of the AquaVentus pipeline on the German sector of the Dogger Bank?
• A pipeline or cable could still bring energy to Yorkshire.
• The hydrogen could go to the hydrogen stores at Aldbrough and Rough.
• SSE and Centrica could play hydrogen-bankers to the Germans, as Germany is short of hydrogen storage.
• East Yorkshire is building two hydrogen power stations at Keadby and Ferrybridge.
• Support for the Dogger Bank South wind farms will probably be from RWE’S Grimsby hub.

Is this the Anglo-German co-operation, I talked about in UK And Germany Boost Offshore Renewables Ties at work?

I can see benefits for this arrangement for the UK.

1. Hydrogen production is offshore.
2. A lot of the onshore employment is in the UK.
3. There will be a hydrogen pipeline between Germany and the vast hydrogen storage of Humberside via the German Dogger Bank and Dogger Bank South wind farms.
4. Will there be a hydrogen pipeline between the North of Scotland and Humberside via the AquaVentus pipeline?
5. There will also be a substantial cash flow to the UK Treasury because of all the hydrogen production in UK waters.

RWE may also be able to use a standard hydrogen production platform in German and UK waters.

This is the sort of plan, that the money men will like.

January 9, 2026 - Posted by AnonW | Energy, Energy Storage, Hydrogen | Aldbrough Gas Storage, Centrica, Dogger Bank, Dogger Bank South Wind Farm, Dogger Bank Wind Farms, Ferrybridge Hydrogen Power Station, Germany, Green Hydrogen, Hydrogen Storage, Keadby Hydrogen Power Station, Offshore Hydrogen Production, Offshore Wind Power, Rough Gas Storage, RWE, RWE Grimsby Hub, SSE, Wind Power, Yorkshire