SSE and Equinor scrap green hydrogen plans for Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm
SSE and Equinor scrap green hydrogen plans for Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm | Windpower Monthly
The developers confirmed they will connect the wind farm to a proposed 400kV substation in Yorkshire in the north-east of England, while dropping plans to connect the project to electrolysers.
“With the confirmation of an onshore grid connection location in the East Riding of Yorkshire, the option to direct the wind energy produced by Dogger Bank D towards hydrogen production, as publicly consulted on in autumn 2023, has been retired from the project,” SSE stated in a project update.
The massive 1320MW Dogger Bank D offshore wind project is currently being developed by UK developer SSE Renewables with Norwegian oil giant Equinor as part of the sprawling Dogger Bank offshore wind cluster — tipped to be the world’s largest offshore wind complex on completion.
SSE added that the developers are also exploring the possibility of connecting Dogger Bank D and its transmission assets to an electricity interconnector between the UK “and another European country”.
Feedback from a public consultation process on Dogger Bank D, held last year, is due to be published later this month.
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