The Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm is located between 32km off the coast of the seaside town of Cromer in North Norfolk. Since its completion in late 2017, this 402MW offshore wind farm has been producing enough green, clean energy to power more than 430,000 UK homes from its 67 6MW wind turbine generators.
Through the joint venture company Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, the wind farm is owned by Equinor, Masdar and China Resources (Holdings), and Equinor is its operator having developed the £1.4b power plant between 2012 and 2017.
The Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm currently is the wind farm furthest away from the UK’s shoreline, Dudgeons development and operations have involved Equinor’s innovative New Energy Solutions unit implementing innovative technologies and devising new working methodology.
One example is the use of the ESVAGT Njord service offshore vessel (SOV) to access the 67 offshore turbines and the offshore substation; this is a ‘first’ in the UK offshore wind industry, and one which will be watched with considerable interest by developers of the UK wind farms scheduled for construction in the early 2020’s.
As a company, Equinor’s skill-set has been shaped by years of operating in the hostile offshore conditions that come hand in hand with the hydrocarbon industry. There are now opportunities to harness that skill set and transfer it to the offshore renewables industry.
It really is “technology in transition”.
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Eleven innovative STEM projects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) will be delivered in Norfolk during the 2023/24 academic year as a result of grants recently announced by the Dudgeon Community Fund.
The Dudgeon Community Fund has announced that eight organisations in Norfolk have been successful in gaining grant awards from its pilot funding scheme - the Dudgeon STEM Skills and Employability Fund for Younger People.
06 March 2023: Dudgeon Community Fund grants for STEM projects in Norfolk
The Dudgeon Community Fund has opened for grant applications to its STEM for Schools Programme (science, technology, engineering and maths) for projects to be delivered in the 2023/24 academic year, starting in September 2023.
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited's Modern Slavery Statement
For the financial year 2022
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited's Modern Slavery Statement
For the financial year 2022
This statement has been prepared for Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, (the “Company”). It sets out the steps taken by the company to prevent modern slavery from taking place in our business or supply chains during the financial year 2022, subject to the reporting obligations under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015.
The Company recognises its responsibility to contribute to the global efforts to combat modern slavery. The company is aware its supply chain can include sectors where modern slavery may occur, such as the construction and operation of vessels engaged to provide services to our offshore wind farm.
In 2022, the Company’s business consisted of production and transportation of electricity from the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm, located off the coast of North Norfolk, UK.
The Company does not have any direct or indirect employees. The operational business is conducted by Equinor ASA (the ”Manager“) pursuant to an Operation and Maintenance Services Agreement for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm entered into between Company and the Manager and dated 10 May 2016 (”OMSA“) under the directions and supervision of our directors. Any efforts taken to prevent modern slavery from occurring in the business and supply chains were taken by the Manager pursuant to its corporate policies, processes, and practices, as applicable to its performance of the OMSA. The general efforts taken by the Manager are described in its modern slavery statement for the financial year 2022 available at https://www.equinor.com/sustainability/respecting- human-rights.
As further described in the Manager’s statement, it has made specific commitments to oppose modern slavery.
On 24 April 2018, the Company’s board of directors approved a human rights policy. The policy contains a specific commitment to oppose forced and compulsory labor and illicit forms of child labor in our value chain. To formalise the Manager’'s current performance under the OMSA, the Company has instructed the Manager to implement the human rights policy. The Manager has further been instructed to report to the Company’s board of directors on an annual basis what measures have been taken to that effect, including in relation to the prevention of modern slavery from occurring in Company’s business and our supply chains.
The board of directors of the Company has reviewed and approved this statement. They confirm that to the best of their knowledge the information presented in the statement has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015, and associated regulations. The signing has been delegated to the Chair for board of directors of the Company.
Ander Opaker
Director, Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited
This is an electronic signature.
