Forewind to submit separate applications to speed Dogger Bank

Forewind, the consortium behind the world’s largest offshore wind development, has decided to submit two separate rounds of applications for the second tranche of its massive Dogger Bank project in order to speed the process along.

Forewind had already decided to break the first six projects within Dogger Bank – out of a total of eight to be developed, all 1.2GW – into two different “tranches”, named Creyke Beck and Teesside in reference to where the electricity will make landfall.

The Creyke Beck zone, closest to shore, will hold two projects and will likely be the first built.

The Teesside zone, in turn, will hold four individual projects. But Forewind now says it will in 2014 submit one application for the first two projects – A and B – Log in to read complete article.

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