The Dogger Bank project is supported by the British government of course, but above all by a group of private companies in the forefront of which are SSE and Equinor EVP Renewables. This park will cover an area greater than that of Greater London, and it is planned to install no less than 277 giant wind turbines measuring 260 m high!
Enough to supply six million homes!
The whole could reach a production of 3.6 GW of renewable electricity, or 2.5 times more than the second largest wind farm. Dogger Bank will in theory be able to power the equivalent of six million homes based on average UK household consumption. An additional development phase is even already envisaged to bring total production to 5 GW. Dogger Bank will save the equivalent of CO2 emissions from 1.5 million gasoline-powered cars each year.
The installation of these giant turbines relies on a huge specialized ship on which a crane capable of lifting 3200 tons is installed. The operation is long and requires impressive precision. The first wind turbine is a Haliade-X designed by GN Renewable Energy, one of the largest and most powerful in the world, capable of reaching a power of 13 MW. The project should generate 2,000 jobs.
Alistair Philips-Davies CEO of SSE © SEE
British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said: “This project will generate cheap, clean energy to power millions of homes and give the UK greater energy independence from Putin’s energy blackmail. Disruption to global energy supplies is one of the key risks which we have highlighted in our new National Risk Register and by working with SSE and its partners we are making Britain safer.”.
Alistair Phillips-Davies, CEO of SSE, summarizes this project perfectly: “It is action, not ambition, that will secure our energy future, and this project shows action at scale”.