Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway — Equinor and SSE Renewables are assessing a potential fourth-phase development of the Dogger Bank D wind farm in the UK North Sea, offshore northeast England.
This would be located in the eastern zone of the Dogger Bank C lease area, more than doubling use of the existing acreage, subject to agreement with The Crown Estate.
Dogger Bank D could provide 1.32 GW of fixed-bottom offshore wind capacity in addition to the 3.6 GW under construction for phases A, B and C, 130 km from the Yorkshire coast.
An initial scoping report, due to be issued in late March, will cover the feasibility of deploying the latest available technology, Equinor said, with two options under consideration.
Under the first scenario, power from Dogger Bank D would be sent to a grid connection in Lincolnshire, where National Grid is installing new network infrastructure.
The second option would be to use electricity produced by offshore wind to generate green hydrogen at an electrolysis complex in the Humber region. If developed, this could become the UK’s largest green hydrogen project.
For the current three phases, SSE Renewables is leading construction, in partnership with Equinor and Vårgrønn, with Equinor operating the wind farm on completion.
Equinor is also collaborating with SSE Thermal on decarbonization proposals for the Humber region such as the Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power Station, Keadby Hydrogen Power Station and Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage.
Both companies are members of the Zero Carbon Humber initiative, targeting new hydrogen transmission and storage infrastructure in the area linked to the East Coast Cluster CO2 transmission and storage system.
Dogger Bank D’s green hydrogen option could link to the proposed hydrogen pipeline infrastructure.
02.06.2023
