en.Wedoany.com Reported - The UK government has approved two large offshore wind projects—the 3 GW Dogger Bank South wind farm developed by RWE and Masdar, and the 1 GW North Falls wind farm advanced by SSE and RWE, both located off the east coast of England. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband had previously adjusted the approval deadline to the end of April to avoid coinciding with the all-England local elections in early May, with the formal decision ultimately issued before May 14.
The Development Consent Order (DCO) application for Dogger Bank South was accepted for examination in July 2024, paused three months later for supplementary documents, and restarted in January 2025. Before the Planning Inspectorate completed its six-month examination, Natural England and the Marine Management Organisation had requested a seasonal piling ban during construction. SSE, Equinor, and Vargronn also raised concerns about potential wake effects on the adjacent 3.6 GW Dogger Bank wind farm. The project comprises 200 turbines and is proposed to connect to the national grid via the Creyke Beck substation near Cottingham, with full commissioning planned for 2032. The wind farm secured a price of £91.20/MWh in the seventh Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round.
The DCO application for North Falls was submitted in July 2024 and accepted the following month, with the Planning Inspectorate's examination concluding on July 28, 2025. The proposed project, located 40 kilometers off the East Anglian coast, is an extension of SSE and RWE's existing 504 MW Greater Gabbard wind farm and is eligible to participate in this year's eighth CfD allocation round. The project makes landfall near Kirkby Brook in Essex and is planned to connect to the national grid via the proposed East Anglia Connection Node substation by the end of October 2030. Its landfall location and export cable onshore corridor are closely coordinated with the plans for the 1.1 GW Five Estuaries wind farm advanced by RWE, which received approval in December.
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