Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm
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Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm is a proposed offshore wind farm
to be located 32 km north of Cromer
off the coast of Norfolk
, in the North Sea
, England
. It is being developed by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (DOW), a subsidiary of Warwick Energy Limited. The site is a relativel flat area of seabed between the Cromer Knoll and Inner Cromer Knoll sandbanks and is one of the furthest offshore sites currently being developed around the UK. The farm will cover an area of approximately 35 km2.
The project includes constructing the wind turbines and their foundations, building offshore substations, installing power cables both undersea and onshore, as well as connection to the UK National Grid. This work is estimated to take about 2 years and cost in the region of £1.5bn.
The wind farm planning application was filed in April 2009. The application was for between 56 and 168 turbines
depending on final chosen design with a nameplate capacity of 560 MW. Subject to planning approval, construction is expected to start in spring 2012 with the farm in full operation by late 2014.
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
to be located 32 km north of Cromer
Cromer
Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in north Norfolk, England. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters is in Holt Road in the town. The town is situated 23 miles north of the county town, Norwich, and is 4 miles east of Sheringham...
off the coast of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, in the North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is being developed by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (DOW), a subsidiary of Warwick Energy Limited. The site is a relativel flat area of seabed between the Cromer Knoll and Inner Cromer Knoll sandbanks and is one of the furthest offshore sites currently being developed around the UK. The farm will cover an area of approximately 35 km2.
The project includes constructing the wind turbines and their foundations, building offshore substations, installing power cables both undersea and onshore, as well as connection to the UK National Grid. This work is estimated to take about 2 years and cost in the region of £1.5bn.
The wind farm planning application was filed in April 2009. The application was for between 56 and 168 turbines
Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...
depending on final chosen design with a nameplate capacity of 560 MW. Subject to planning approval, construction is expected to start in spring 2012 with the farm in full operation by late 2014.