Navitus Bay will now employ a maximum of 218 turbines compared to the 333 originally foreseen, and will move its near-shore boundary 3km further from the Dorset towns of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
The project’s maximum capacity will fall to 1.1GW from 1.2GW.
A statement from the developer says: “Navitus Bay has narrowed the size of turbine options being considered, meaning that fewer would be built.
“This
