Norway’s Statoil is working with UK utility SSE to submit a development bid in next year’s contracts for difference (CfD) auction to progress development of the vast Dogger Bank zone off northeast England.

Statoil’s executive vice president Irene Rummelhoff told Recharge that Dogger Bank projects are a top priority. “It is so strategic for us that we have a team working on the project, maturing it for the next CfD auction.”