1.8 GW Norfolk Boreas offshore wind project gets approval from UK Planning Inspectorate
The UK Planning Inspectorate has accepted an application for Development Consent (DCO) from Vattenfall, the developer of Norfolf Boreas offshore wind farm.
The 1.8 GW project is located in the eastern North Sea, 73 kilometers off the Norfolk coast in the east of England. The facility is comprised of 90 to 200 wind turbines with a minimum individual capacity of 10 MW installed on fixed bottom foundations, covering an area of 725 km2.
Norfolk Boreas Ltd, the project development vehicle, submitted the application on June 11, 2019. A final decision by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is expected to be issued in the middle or late 2020.
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