{"id":33212,"date":"2022-10-07T15:18:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33212"},"modified":"2022-10-07T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:18:31","slug":"worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33212","title":{"rendered":"The world’s largest offshore wind farm is going to get even larger"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are plans in place to develop the UK\u2019s Dogger Bank<\/a> offshore wind farm in three phases: A, B, and C. It will become the\u00a0world\u2019s largest offshore wind farm\u00a0upon completion, with an installed capacity of 3.6 gigawatts (GW). And it looks likely that it will get a fourth phase, Dogger Bank D, making it even more massive.<\/p>\n

Dogger Bank, which is located between 78 and 180 miles (125 and 290 km) off the east coast of Yorkshire, is a joint venture between Norwegian energy giant Equinor (40%), British utility SSE Renewables (40%), and Italian energy company Eni Plenitude (20%). SEE Renewables and Equinor are looking into creating Dogger Bank D. A spokesperson told OffshoreWind.biz<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

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SSE Renewables and Equinor are currently assessing seabed for the potential of expanding Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which is currently under construction, with an additional phase, Dogger Bank D. The potential project is supported by a grid connection for up to 1320 [megawatts] MW.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Surveys on the potential Dogger Bank D site started in August and are expected to conclude at the end of November. <\/p>\n

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A, B, and C alone will be capable of powering up to six million UK homes once it\u2019s completed in 2026 \u2013 and there are approximately\u00a028.1 million households<\/a>\u00a0in the country.<\/p>\n

If the fourth phase is carried out, the capacity of the world\u2019s largest offshore wind farm would reach nearly 5 gigawatts.<\/p>\n

In May, Electrek<\/em> reported that offshore construction work had officially started with the installation of the first length of\u00a0HVDC export cable<\/a>\u00a0off the Yorkshire coast. Dogger Bank will be the first HVDC-connected wind farm in the UK.<\/p>\n

In December 2021, SSE\u00a0and Equinor\u00a0announced that they had\u00a0secured financing<\/a>\u00a0to proceed with the construction of the $3.98 billion Dogger Bank C.<\/p>\n

GE Renewable Energy will provide 87 units of the enormous Haliade-X 14 MW wind turbines for Dogger Bank C. As\u00a0Electrek<\/em>\u00a0previously reported<\/a>, \u201cAccording to GE, one turbine can generate up to 74 GWh of gross annual energy production, saving up to 52,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide \u2013 the equivalent of the emissions from 11,000 vehicles in one year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo: General Electric<\/em><\/p>\n

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