Community Consultations for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck (UK)

Forewind, development partner for the Dogger Bank Zone, potentially the world’s largest wind energy project, announces its first community consultation events to present proposals for its first development: Dogger Bank Creyke Beck.

Dogger Bank Creyke Beck is planned to connect into the national grid at an existing substation at Creyke Beck, near Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and consultation events will be held at locations along or near the proposed onshore cable route.

The development will comprise up to two offshore wind farms each with a generating capacity of up to 1.4 Gigawatts located 125 kilometres off the coast of Yorkshire, onshore and offshore export cables, onshore converter stations and other associated infrastructure.

This series of events is the first in relation to Dogger Bank Creyke Beck but builds on earlier workshops organised by Forewind to inform stakeholders about the overall zone development.

The local community is encouraged to attend one of the five consultation events to view the proposals, speak to members of the Forewind team and submit feedback. The events are:

A Statement of Community Consultation with additional details about the consultation process for Dogger Bank Creyke Beck, has been reproduced in the Hull Daily Mail, Advertiser Series, Holderness Gazette, Bridlington Free Press and Fishing News. Hard copies are available at libraries in: Beverley, Cottingham, Leven, Hornsea, Bridlington and North Bridlington as well as travelling libraries plus customer service centres in: Beverley, Bridlington, Cottingham and Hornsea.

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Offshore WIND staff, November 17, 2011; Image: forewind