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The UK renewables developer and Norwegian oil company are jointly developing the project in the North Sea, in the same region as the other gigawatt-scale Dogger Bank offshore wind projects.
According to the plan submitted to the UK’s Planning Inspectorate, Equinor, 1320MW Dogger Bank D would have an installed capacity of up to 2GW and be located in the North Sea, around 210km from the shore if approved.
The existing 3.6GW Dogger Bank project was granted consent in 2015 and is currently being built in the North Sea. It consists of 2400MW Dogger Bank A & B and 1200MW Dogger Bank C , which combined with Dogger Bank D would amount to the largest offshore wind farm in the world on completion.
Dogger Bank D is considered a ‘nationally significant infrastructure project’, which means SSE and Equinor, which co-own Dogger Bank D 50/50, needed to submit the scoping report to the permitting authority so they can later lodge an environmental impact assessment for the project.
"The report lays out the scope of the project proposals and identifies key environmental factors. We look forward to receiving a scoping opinion from the Planning Inspectorate and input from consultees which will help inform our development proposals,” Rob Cussons, SSE’s project director for Dogger Bank D, said.
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