UK Awards Permits to Dogger Bank South, North Fall Wind Farms

The UK government gave planning permission to three offshore wind farms, which could create as much as 4 gigawatts of new capacity as Britain steps up support for renewable energy.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero granted development consent to RWE AG and Masdar’s two Dogger Bank South offshore wind farms on Thursday, nearly two years after the application was first made. The projects each have 1.5 GW of capacity. The government also gave planning consent to the North Falls wind farm off the coast of Suffolk, which would add 1GW of capacity.