Welcome to DBS Offshore Wind

DBS Offshore Wind Farms

The DBS (Dogger Bank South) Offshore Wind Farms are being developed by RWE and Masdar for a shallow offshore area of the North Sea known as Dogger Bank, located over 100km off the northeast coast of England.

DBS comprises two separate sites, DBS East and DBS West. Based on an estimated combined capacity of 3GW, the projects could be capable of generating enough electricity to meet the average annual domestic electricity needs of around 3 million typical UK homes*.

We have been developing the projects since 2021 and submitted a Development Consent Order application with an Environmental Statement on 12 June 2024. The Planning Inspectorate accepted our application in July 2024. The projects remain in the pre-examination phase until a Preliminary Meeting is concluded.

We have considered stakeholder feedback received immediately prior to submission of the Development Consent Order and since submission through the Relevant Representation process.

Ongoing design work, combined with the feedback received and a firm grid connection offer, has enabled the team to reduce the footprint of the two proposed onshore converter stations and to reduce and even remove aspects of the proposed offshore infrastructure that are no longer required.

Although the changes are broadly beneficial, they are not significant enough to alter the outcomes of all but one of the offshore environmental assessments, where the impact has been reduced. The effects detailed in the Environmental Statement submitted with the original application, therefore, remain largely unchanged.

Non-statutory consultation relating to these changes is taking place between 15 November 00:00 and 16 December 23:59.

Detailed information about the changes can be found using the following links:

• Project Change Request 1: Offshore Intertidal Works

  • Project Change Request 1 - Environmental Assessment Update
  • Appendix A – Fish and Shellfish Ecology Environmental Statement Update
  • Appendix B – Marine Mammal Environmental Statement Update
  • Appendix C – Marine Mammal Report to Inform Appropriate Assessment Update
  • Appendix 8-3 – Marine Physical Process Modelling Technical Report (Revision 2) (Tracked)
  • Appendix 11-3 – Underwater Noise Modelling Report (Revision 2) (Tracked)
  • Appendix 11-4 – iPCoD Modelling (Revision 2) (Tracked)

• Project Change Request 2: Onshore Substation Zone

If you have any comments about the proposed changes, please share them with us by 16 December 2024 at 23:59 either by email to dbs@rwe.com or by post to FREEPOST DBSOWF.

We will evaluate all the feedback we receive before submitting formal Requests for Change to the Examining Authority in early January 2025.

The interactive map and ‘Story so far’ web pages will be updated with changes that are accepted into the examination process in early 2025.