Forewind
Forewind Limited (Forewind) is a consortium comprising four leading international energy companies - SSE (Scottish and Southern), RWE, Statoil and Statkraft - which joined forces to bid for a Zone Development Agreement as part of The Crown Estate’s third licence round for UK offshore wind farms (Round 3).
On 8 January 2010, following a competitive tender process, The Crown Estate announced that Forewind had been awarded development rights for the largest zone: Dogger Bank. As development partner for Dogger Bank, Forewind's objective is to achieve consent for an agreed target installed capacity of 9GW of offshore wind farm projects by 2020, however the zone has a potential for up to 13GW. This figure is equivalent to almost 10 percent of the UK’s projected electricity requirements.
The Dogger Bank zone is 8660 km2 and is located in the North Sea off the east coast of Yorkshire, between 125 and 290 kilometres offshore.
Forewind is now underway with the extensive surveys, assessments and planning required for the consent process. The consortium's aim is to secure all the necessary consents for the construction and development of Dogger Bank, up to the point of investment decisions, the first of which is anticipated around late 2014.
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Coordinates: 54°44′N 2°43′E / 54.733°N 2.717°E