Dogger Bank, originally scoped out as a 9GW scheme, will now be developed as a 7.2MW project, based on data from more than four years of offshore and onshore surveys which have convinced Forewind to focus on “those projects which are most likely to achieve a positive financial investment decision at this time”.

The consortium – made up of RWE, SSE, Statoil and Statkraft – said the zone’s remaining six 1.2GW