UK grants consent for two offshore wind farms, refuses third

The two wind farms would join existing developments off Norfolk, England

The UK government has granted consents for the construction of two wind farms with a combined capacity of more than 1.1GW off eastern England's Norfolk coast.

The two projects are Centrica's 580MW Race Bank development and Warwick Energy's 560MW Dudgeon wind farm, both in the Greater Wash. The pair represent around £3bn ($4.7bn) of new investment.

However, a planning application for Centrica’s Docking Shoal wind farm, also off the Norfolk coast, has been refused due to the potential impact on seabirds in the area.

“The UK is racing ahead of the global field and these two new offshore wind farms underline this momentum,” claims energy minister Charles Hendry.

“We have also shown that we are mindful of other…

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