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. A Preliminary Meeting started and was adjourned on 22 October 2024.
On 17 December 2024, the Examining Authority issued a letter outlining a revised draft timetable for a six-month examination process. Proceedings commenced with the conclusion of the Preliminary Meeting on 14 January 2025, which marked the start of the six-month Development Consent Order examination period.
Notice of Hearings
The Planning Inspectorate have confirmed a series of hearings in April 2025. These hearings will be virtual events and will take place 7-11 April 2025.
Information about the hearings and how to get involved is set out on the Planning Inspectorate website where you can also view all application documents and register to be kept up to date throughout the examination process.
Details about the Preliminary Meeting, Compulsory Acquisition, and Issue Specific Hearings can be found in the Notice of Hearings.
Proposed Design Changes
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. The Projects consulted on these proposed changes to the DCO application in winter 2024. After considering feedback received on the proposed changes, formal Requests for Change were submitted on 10 January 2025 and were subsequently accepted into examination by the Examining Authority on 21 January 2025.
These accepted changes are now considered the design of the project. A summary of the Projects’ components can be found here: Components of DBS page.
View our interactive map
You can view the onshore and offshore elements of the project using our interactive map.
The DBS Environmental Statement is a technical and complex document available on the Planning Inspectorate website.
The Non-Technical Summary provides an overview of all the chapters.
Benefits
- Up to 2,380 jobs supported across the UK, including 1,520 jobs across the Humber region during development and construction
- Almost £1 billion Gross Value Added (GVA) in the UK, including £400 million in the Humber region during the development and construction
- Up to UK 1,120 jobs, including 810 in the Humber region during the operations and maintenance stage
- Low carbon electricity to meet the average annual domestic electricity needs of around 3 million typical UK homes*
*Calculation based on 2021 generation, and assuming average (mean) annual household consumption of 3,509 kWh, based on latest statistics from Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (Subnational Electricity and Gas Consumption Statistics Regional and Local Authority, Great Britain, 2021, Mean domestic electricity consumption (kWh per meter) by country/region, Great Britain, 2021).
What is GVA?
Gross Value Added (GVA) is the economic contribution the projects make to an area e.g. the UK or the Humber region.
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Current status
Learn more about the stages of examination that DBS will go through
The story so far...
The DBS projects have been through a detailed development phase
Keep in touch
Get in touch and ask questions with our project team