23rd June 2025 in Press releases, Project news
- Statutory consultation phase launched on 10 June to give communities and other stakeholders a chance to have their say on project proposal for Dogger Bank D.
- In-person events to take place at key locations in East Riding of Yorkshire between 24 and 28 June.
Members of the public are being invited to have their say on plans for a new offshore wind farm project at six in-person events this week.
Dogger Bank D is a proposed project in the North Sea which would be located around 210km off the coast of England. Joint venture developers SSE Renewables and Equinor are inviting community members and stakeholders to have their say on proposals for the project, as part of a Statutory Consultation between 10 June and 5 August.
Six in-person events will be held at the following times and locations:
Skipsea Village Hall, 3pm – 6.30pm.
Leven Sports Hall, 2pm – 7pm.
Cottingham Civic Hall, 10am – 2pm, and Walkington Village Hall 3pm – 6pm.
Toll Gavel Church Hall, Beverley, 10am – 2pm.
Beverley Memorial Hall, 10am – 2pm.
Sophie Large, Senior Project Manager for Dogger Bank D, said:
“We would encourage anyone who’s interested in our proposals to come along to one of our events to speak with a member of our friendly team. At the events you can expect to talk to a team that includes all of the specialisms involved in Dogger Bank D development which ensures that in-depth conversations can take place.
“At this stage of consultation, the proposals presented are not our final application. They reflect input from earlier consultation rounds as well as our preliminary environmental and technical assessments. We encourage the community to come forward to review and share their feedback as local knowledge is invaluable in helping us refine our plans further.
“We’re also excited to share more information on our ideas for building a positive legacy for the project. We’re committed to ensuring that local communities are heard and respected as we develop our proposals to build the energy generation assets that are critical to securing energy security and affordability in a net zero world.”
This latest round of consultation by the developers of Dogger Bank D will outline offshore and onshore proposals, as well as outcomes of preliminary environmental assessments.
The proposals include plans for offshore infrastructure for renewable electricity generation as well as offshore and onshore infrastructure for transmission of the electricity generated by the wind farm.
Out at sea, the project proposes an offshore wind farm array covering a site of 262km2 with up to 113 installed offshore wind turbines. Each turbine would be installed on a fixed bottom foundation.
The offshore application also proposes up to two offshore platforms, as well as associated export and inter-array subsea cabling that would export power from the offshore wind farm to Britain’s national grid at a landfall point near Skipsea, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
From the Skipsea landfall, underground cables would transmit renewable power along a 55-kilometre route to an onshore converter station near to a new onshore substation being developed by National Grid Electricity Transmission near Cottingham, north of Hull, called Birkhill Wood.
The project is also proposing potential plans to co-locate Energy Storage and Balancing Infrastructure at the site of the proposed onshore converter station.
The proposals follow extensive environmental studies and feedback received from earlier stages of engagement.
Feedback from the consultation, which comprises six local in-person events and two online sessions, will be gathered over an eight-week period ahead of the consultation closing on Tuesday 5 August.
Developers SSE Renewables and Equinor will use this feedback to help inform a final application for a Development Consent Order for up to 1.5GW of installed offshore wind capacity at Dogger Bank D.
The delivery of the Dogger Bank D project is subject to it securing a Development Consent Order as well as a final investment decision by partners SSE Renewables and Equinor.
The project team encourages all feedback during the eight-week consultation phase. Feedback will be accepted until 11.59pm on Tuesday 5 August.
All consultation materials including the consultation brochure, maps and feedback forms are now available to view and download at www.doggerbankd.com. Hard copies and alternative versions of consultation documents can also be requested directly from the project team by email or freephone. Alternatively, consultation materials can be viewed or collected from community access points, please check opening hours before visiting. For more information on Dogger Bank D, or how to engage with the consultation, please visit www.doggerbankd.com, call the freephone number on 0800 254 5029, or email contact@doggerbankd.com.
6th June 2025 in Press releases
- Statutory consultation phase launched to enable communities and stakeholders to have their say on project proposal.
- Proposals follow extensive environmental studies and feedback received from earlier stages of engagement.
Members of the public are being invited to have their say on plans for the Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm project, a proposed fourth phase of the 3.6GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm currently in construction.
Dogger Bank D is a proposed project in the North Sea which would be located around 210km off the coast of England. Now, 50:50 joint venture developers SSE Renewables and Equinor are inviting community members and stakeholders to have their say on proposals for the project, as part of a Statutory Consultation.
This round of consultation will outline offshore and onshore proposals for Dogger Bank D as well as outcomes of preliminary environmental assessments.
The proposals include plans for offshore infrastructure for renewable electricity generation as well as offshore and onshore infrastructure for transmission of the electricity generated by the wind farm.
Out at sea, the project proposes an offshore wind farm array covering a site of 262km2 with up to 113 installed offshore wind turbines. Each turbine would be installed on a fixed bottom foundation.
The offshore application also proposes up to two offshore platforms, as well as associated export and inter-array subsea cabling that would export power from the offshore wind farm to Britain’s national grid at a landfall point near Skipsea, in East Riding of Yorkshire.
From the Skipsea landfall, underground cables would transmit renewable power along a 55-kilometre route to an onshore converter station near to a new onshore substation being developed by National Grid Electricity Transmission near Cottingham, north of Hull, called Birkhill Wood.
The project is also proposing potential plans to co-locate Energy Storage and Balancing Infrastructure at the site of the proposed onshore converter station.
These latest proposals for Dogger Bank D follow extensive environmental studies and feedback received from earlier stages of engagement.
The Statutory Consultation opens on Tuesday 10 June and invites the public and interested community parties to get involved with conversations and provide comments on the project proposals.
Feedback from the consultation, which comprises six local in-person events and two online sessions, will be gathered over an eight-week period ahead of the consultation closing on Tuesday 5 August.
Developers SSE Renewables and Equinor will use this feedback to help inform a final application for a Development Consent Order for up to 1.5GW of installed offshore wind capacity at Dogger Bank D.
The delivery of the Dogger Bank D project is subject to it securing a Development Consent Order as well as a final investment decision by partners SSE Renewables and Equinor.
Sophie Large, Senior Project Manager for Dogger Bank D, said:
“We are looking forward to welcoming the public to our consultation events for Dogger Bank D and providing the opportunity for the community to learn more about our proposals. It’s important to us that local communities share their deep knowledge of the region and continue to review, and be informed about, our plans. We’re excited to share more information on our ideas for building on the legacy created through the earlier phases of our ground-breaking offshore renewable energy project.”
Preliminary Environmental Information Report
At this stage of consultation, Dogger Bank D will present a Preliminary Environmental Information Report also known as a PEIR, alongside other consultation materials. A PEIR is an important stage of the planning process and brings together all the environmental information Dogger Bank D has gathered to date, including setting out the potential environmental effects and proposed mitigations for the project.
A Non-Technical Summary (NTS) of the PEIR highlights the key findings in a clear and accessible format and will be available at events, community access points and upon request.
Statutory Consultation – how to get involved
The consultation opens on Tuesday 10 June and offers the community and interested parties a chance to learn more about the project, ask questions and provide feedback. The project team encourages all feedback during the eight-week consultation phase. Feedback will be accepted until 11.59pm on Tuesday 5 August.
From Tuesday 10 June, all consultation materials including the consultation brochure, maps and feedback forms will be available to view and download at www.doggerbankd.com. Hard copies and alternative versions of consultation documents can also be requested directly from the project team by email or freephone. Alternatively, consultation materials can be viewed or collected from community access points, please check opening hours before visiting.
Six in-person events will be held at the following times and locations:
Skipsea Village Hall, 3pm – 6.30pm.
Leven Sports Hall, 2pm – 7pm.
Cottingham Civic Hall, 10am – 2pm, and Walkington Village Hall 3pm – 6pm.
Toll Gavel Church Hall, Beverley, 10am – 2pm.
Beverley Memorial Hall, 10am – 2pm.
For more information on Dogger Bank D, or how to engage with the consultation, please visit www.doggerbankd.com, call the freephone number on 0800 254 5029, or email contact@doggerbankd.com.
23rd May 2025 in Press releases, Project news, Supply Chain
- Third North Sea HVDC platform marks installation completion of offshore substations on all three phases of Dogger Bank Wind Farm.
- Pioneering design reduces topside weight by as much as 70% compared to traditional designs.
Dogger Bank Wind Farm and its delivery partners have successfully completed the installation of the HVDC offshore substation platform at Dogger Bank C, marking the installation completion of all three offshore substations on the world’s largest offshore wind farm under construction.
Manufactured and supplied by Aibel and installed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir vessel, the Dogger Bank C platform measures approximately 75 x 50 metres across and 36 metres high and sits on a four-legged steel jacket foundation structure which is fixed to the seabed, at an average water depth of around 23m.
The installation of the Dogger Bank C offshore substation topside onto the platform jacket followed on from the safe installation of the platform jacket by Heerema’s Sleipnir vessel a week earlier.
Olly Cass, Project Director for Dogger Bank Wind Farm, said:
“The installation of our third offshore substation platform marks a significant leap on our journey to delivering renewable energy for around 6 million UK homes annually once the wind farm is complete.
“Our strong partnership with Aibel, Hitachi Energy and our installation partners, with Heerema installing this third platform, has been key to the seamless completion and handover of these three pioneering structures.
“This is a significant moment for the project team, our delivery partners and for the UK’s clean energy transition.”
The innovative Aibel platform has a lean design and was the first unmanned HVDC platform to be installed in 2023, when the first of the project’s three platforms was successfully delivered at the Dogger Bank A phase. The substations are designed to be operated from shore and accessed only by a Service Operations Vessel.
Further commissioning activities will now be carried out on the platform to prepare it for future transmission of renewable energy.
Fitted with Hitachi Energy’s latest generation HVDC converter technology, Dogger Bank is the first offshore wind project in the UK to use this technology to transmit the electricity produced back to shore, ensuring the electricity is transmitted efficiently over long distances while minimising losses.
Each of the three platforms will be capable of receiving 1.2GW of AC power generated by Dogger Bank’s offshore wind turbines and converting that renewable energy to DC, before sending that clean, homegrown power ashore to three onshore convertor stations, near Beverley in East Riding of Yorkshire and near Redcar on Teesside.
Mads Andersen, Aibel President and CEO, said:
“The successful installation of the DBC converter platform marks a proud milestone for Aibel and our partner Hitachi Energy. We are honoured to have contributed to the world’s largest offshore wind farm by delivering three lean and effective converter platforms. This achievement reflects the strength of our collaboration with the client partners, the dedication of our teams, and our shared commitment to accelerating the energy transition.”
Martijn Kuipers, Project Director for Doggerbank C at Heerema, said:
“Completing the installation of the Dogger Bank C offshore substation platform marks a proud milestone for Heerema. The thorough preparations and seamless collaboration between Sleipnir’s skilled crew, our project team, Dogger Bank Wind Farm and our subcontractors, enabled us to safely and successfully install the jacket and topside. This achievement reflects Heerema’s commitment to delivering complex offshore projects with precision and innovation, and we are proud to contribute to the UK’s energy transition.”
11th April 2025 in Construction, Press releases, Project news, Supply Chain
Dogger Bank Wind Farm has signed a contract with Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, to charter a second turbine installation vessel to support the ongoing delivery of the offshore wind farm off the coast of England.
This contract signing follows on from the earlier reservation agreement between Dogger Bank Wind Farm and Seaway7, announced in December 2024.
Under the contract, the Seaway Ventus jack-up installation vessel will commence turbine transport and installation work of GE Vernova Haliade-X offshore wind turbines at the Dogger Bank site in mid-2026.
This contract represents additional work for Seaway7 at the Dogger Bank development where the company already has the contracts for transport and installation of the monopile foundations and transition pieces on all three phases of the project, with the works on Dogger Bank A complete and the works on Dogger Bank B substantially complete.
Turbine installation and commissioning work is continuing at Dogger Bank A, with completion of the first phase of the offshore wind farm expected in the second half of calendar year 2025.
When fully complete, Dogger Bank will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, capable of powering around 6 million UK homes annually.
Dogger Bank Wind Farm is a joint venture between SSE Renewables (40%), Equinor (40%) and Vårgrønn (20%). SSE Renewables is leading construction of the project on behalf of the three joint venture partners. Equinor will be lead operator of the wind farm on completion for its expected operational life of around 35 years.
7th October 2024 in Press releases
- Members of the public are invited to have their say in the coming weeks on a potential fourth phase of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, Dogger Bank D.
- Consultation opens on Tuesday 10 September and is open until Tuesday 22 October
A public consultation into the Dogger Bank D wind farm proposals will begin on Tuesday 10 September, and run for six weeks ending on Tuesday 22 October 2024. The public consultation will feature local in-person events and an online Q&A session to gather feedback from the public.
Dogger Bank D is a potential new fourth phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, which is currently under construction. Dogger Bank D would be located in the North Sea, around 210km off the Yorkshire coast and be capable of generating up to 2GW of renewable power. The consultation outlines introductory offshore and onshore proposals for the wind farm.
The consultation offers the community a chance to learn more about the project, ask questions and provide feedback. The project team encourages all feedback during this consultation phase, which will be accepted until midnight on Tuesday 22 October 2024. This input is important in helping to refine the plans for the project. A further phase of consultation is scheduled for 2025.
“We are excited to welcome the public to our consultation events for Dogger Bank D and provide the opportunity for the community to learn more about our proposals. It’s vital for those who live or work locally to be informed about our plans and we look forward to sharing our ideas with the community and listening to what they have to say”
Sophie Large, Senior Project Manager for Dogger Bank D
From Tuesday 10 September, project materials including the consultation brochure, maps and feedback forms will be available for download at www.doggerbankd.com. Consultation documents can also be requested directly from the project team by email or freephone or collected from community access points. For more information, please visit www.doggerbankd.com, call the freephone number on 0800 254 5029 or email contact@doggerbankd.com.
