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DBS Offshore Wind Farms
On 14 May 2026, Lord Whitehead, on behalf of the UK Energy Secretary's legal authority, approved a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms.
The DCO is for both the DBS West and the DBS East offshore wind farms incorporating up to 100 turbines at each site; subsea export cables to bring power to shore near Skipsea; an underground cable route to up to two new converter stations to the southwest of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire; underground cabling to deliver the electricity from the converter stations to the proposed new National Grid substation near Creyke Beck (known as Birkhill Wood) plus associated construction roads and compounds to support both onshore and offshore works.
For more details, read our press release, or visit the Planning Inspectorate website to view the full DCO information.
The DBS 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.
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*.
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You can view the onshore and offshore elements of the project using our interactive map.
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*
- 168.4 million tonnes of CO₂ avoided over combined project lifetimes**
*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).
** Assuming the wind farms displace electricity generated by natural gas.
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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