A joint venture between TotalEnergies and Corio Generation (a wholly-owned Green Investment Group portfolio company), it will be one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farms upon completion. It is anticipated to generate renewable electricity equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of over 1.6 million households and will play a critical role in achieving the UK Government’s ambition to deliver 50 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and to achieve net zero by 2050.
Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind will displace the equivalent of nearly 2 million tonnes CO2 emissions per year of operations through the generation of renewable electricity. It is also equivalent to removing over 650,000 petrol cars from the road for the duration of the Project.
Background
In early 2021, the Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind project was successful in securing Preferred Bidder status for a 1.5GW offshore windfarm in the Southern North Sea as part of the UK’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4.
Together, the six Round 4 projects awarded under the Round 4 leasing process, represent just under 8 GW of potential new offshore wind capacity with the opportunity to deliver clean electricity for more than seven million homes and create employment opportunities across the country.
Known as Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind, the site was chosen through a competitive seabed tender process.
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