Dogger Bank Wind Farm is the world’s largest offshore wind farm in development. This Joint Venture project between SSE Renewables and Equinor was granted consent as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project in 2015. Dogger Bank successfully secured 15-year contracts (CfDs) for 3.6GW of new offshore wind energy in the UK Government’s most recent auction for low carbon power in 2019.

This ground-breaking project is located 130km off the Yorkshire Coast and is being built in three phases: Dogger Bank A, B and C.

Dogger Bank A (previously known as Creyke Beck A) is around 515km² and 131km from shore at its closest point. Dogger Bank B (previously known as Creyke Beck B) is the largest in area with a size of 599km²and also 131km from shore at its nearest point. Dogger Bank A has an installed capacity of up to 1.2GW and Dogger Bank B has an installed capacity of 1.2GW.

Construction on Dogger Bank A and B began in January 2020. The offshore cables come ashore at Ulrome, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and will traverse down the county for just over 30km to the Creyke Beck substation near Cottingham.

Dogger Bank C (previously known as Teesside A) has a maximum installed capacity of up to 1.2GW. It is around 560km² in size, with its closest point from shore at 196km. The project will connect to the national grid at the existing Lackenby Substation in Teesside.

Offshore, each phase will have up to 200 turbines.

Each phase will have an installed generation capacity of 1.2GW and represents a multi-billion pound investment. Combined, they will have an installed capacity of 3.6GW and will be capable of powering up to 6 million homes annually.

Dogger Bank A
The first phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm is Dogger Bank A, which is located around 131km from shore at its closest point and has a development area of around 515km².

Upon completion it will have an installed generation capacity of 1.2GW.

Dogger Bank B
The largest of the projects, with a development area of around 599km², is also around 131km from shore at its closest point.

Dogger Bank B will also have an installed generation capacity of 1.2GW.

Dogger Bank A and B, with a combined generation capacity of 2.4GW, will connect in to the existing Creyke Beck substation near Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The subsea export cables will make landfall to the north of Ulrome, where around 30km of underground cables will take the electricity to converter stations near to Cottingham before passing through the adjacent Creyke Beck substation on to the National Grid.

Dogger Bank C
Dogger Bank C, also with an installed generation capacity of 1.2GW, has a development area of around 560km2, and is 196km from shore.

Connection will be at the existing Lackenby Substation at Teesside.

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