Docking Shoal wind farm

Docking Shoal Wind Farm was a proposed 500 MW offshore wind farm in the outer-Wash area of the Lincolnshire and Norfolk (UK) coastline; the wind farm was one of three Centrica was developing the area, together with Lincs wind farm and Race Bank wind farm.

Docking Shoal Wind Farm
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Coordinates53.154°N 0.753°E / 53.154; 0.753
StatusRefused consent
Wind farm
TypeOffshore

An application was submitted in 2009. In 2012 the application was refused, mainly due to concerns on impact on bird wildlife.

History

In 2004 Centrica was awarded a 50-year lease from The Crown Estate to develop a Round 2 wind farm on Docking Shoal.[1]

Docking Shoal, Lincs wind farm and Race Bank wind farms were to share the same onshore cable export route, and onshore substation.[2] The environmental statement for the onshore works was submitted as part of the Lincs Wind Farm application.[3]

The wind farm planning consent application was submitted in December 2008.[4] The proposed 500 MW wind farm was to be located approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of the north Norfolk coast, and 20 kilometres (12 mi) off the Lincolnshire coast, and covered an area of approximately 75 square kilometres (29 sq mi) in water depths ranging from 3 to 14 metres (9.8 to 45.9 ft).[5] Centrica was developing the project in association with AMEC and RES Group on this project.[6]

In 2012 the application was refused due to environmental concerns over wildlife (Sandwich terns).[7][8][9]

References
  1. Docking Shoal project history (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012
  2. Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm - Environmental Statement Non-Technical Summary (PDF), Centrica, January 2009, p. 3, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-30
  3. "Lincs Offshore Wind Farm Environmental Statement : Non-Technical Summary" (PDF), www.centrica.com, pp. 3, 5, 11, January 2007, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-12
  4. Centrica seeks consent for second generation offshore wind farm (PDF) (press release), Centrica, 9 December 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2012
  5. Docking Shoal - ES Non-technical summary (December 2008) p.4
  6. Docking Shoal - ES Non-technical summary (December 2008) p.3
  7. "Wind farms off East coast approved by government", BBC News Norfolk, 6 July 2012
  8. Consent of Greater Wash offshore wind farms welcomed (press release), The Crown Estate, 6 July 2012
  9. Macalister, Terry (6 July 2012), "Wind farm scrapped over fears for birds", The Guardian

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