Name of the Project
Dogger Bank Wind Farm.

Location
Each phase of the project will be located at least 130 km off the north-east coast of England, in the UK.

Dogger Bank C will connect to the national grid at the existing Lackenby substation, in Teesside.

Project Owner/s
Dogger Bank A and B are a joint venture between Equinor (40%), SSE Renewables (40%) and Eni (20%). These phases reached financial close in November 2020, securing the biggest-ever project financing in offshore wind.

The third phase, Dogger Bank C, is being developed on a different timescale and is owned by Equinor (50%) and SSE Renewables (50%). Financial Close is expected in late 2021.

Project Description
Dogger Bank is the world’s biggest offshore wind farm under development. When complete, it will be able to provide electricity for more than 4.5-million UK homes – about 5% of the UK’s electricity demand – using renewable electricity generated from wind.

The wind farm will be constructed in three phases – Dogger Bank A (previously known as Creyke Beck A), Dogger Bank B (previously known as Creyke Beck B) and Dogger Bank C (previously known as Teesside A).

Each phase will have an installed generation capacity of up to 1.2 GW, providing a combined installed capacity of up to 3.6 GW.

Each project is expected to generate about 6 TWh/y of electricity.

innogy has taken full ownership of the project previously known as Teesside B, which has since been renamed Sofia Offshore Wind Farm.

Potential Job Creation
About 200 people will be needed to operate the wind farm, based either offshore or at a new base to be constructed at the Port of Tyne. The main recruitment activity for the project is expected from 2022.

Capital Expenditure
The first phase will cost an estimated £9-billion to implement.

Planned Start/End Date
Consent for the project was granted in 2015.

Onshore construction for Dogger Bank A and B began in January 2020 and remains on track despite challenges presented by Covid-19. Offshore installation will begin in 2022, with the first power from Dogger Bank A expected in the same year.

The project is expected to be completed in 2026.

Latest Developments
The first of three 1.2 GW phases of the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank wind farm will begin installing monopiles in July. 

DEME Offshore’s Innovation installation vessel is scheduled to begin erecting the first three of the 95 monopiles on July 13. The work will be undertaken at the Dogger Bank A site, with completion expected in the third quarter of 2023.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
GE Renewable Energy (turbines); Jan De Nul Group (transport and installation of turbines); SSE Renewables (operator – construction phase); Equinor (operator – operations and maintenance phase); North Star Renewables Stage (SOVs – Phase A and B); and Sif Groupand Smulders (delivery of monopiles); and DEME Offshore (Phase A to C three interarray cable engineering, procurement, construction and installation).

Contact Details for Project Information
Forewind, email info@forewind.co.uk.