Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Allowed With Protection for Porpoises
- Dong Energy project will require $7.8 billion investment
- Danish utility must still obtain subsidy for giant project
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The U.K. government approved construction of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, providing the developer Dong Energy A/S doesn’t disturb porpoises off the Yorkshire Coast.
The leading builder of offshore wind farms, Dong won approval from Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark to build the 1.8 gigawatt Hornsea Project Two, which will require investment of about 6 billion pounds ($7.8 billion).