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As operator, Statoil has awarded two contracts to Siemens plc for the engineering, supply, assembly, commissioning and service of 67 wind turbine generators for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project.
The application made in September 2013 by Dudgeon Offshore Wind to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to vary the offshore planning consent for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm has now been approved. The original planning consent was granted in 2012.
In order to ensure that the UK remains on track to meet its renewable energy obligation targets by 2020, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has just announced that it has chosen sixteen renewable energy generation projects which are 'provisionally affordable' in the Final Investment Decision Enabling for Renewables (FIDeR) process.
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) confirmed today that Dudgeon Offshore Wind (DOW), along with 15 other projects, has reached the next stage of Final Investment Decision Enabling for Renewables (FIDeR) process, which could be supported either through investment contracts or the enduring Contracts for Difference (CfD) regime.
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd has decided to go further with Great Yarmouth as the preferred harbour location for the operation and maintenance activities for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited made on the 17th October 2013 the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (No.1) Compulsory Purchase Order 2013 [under section 10 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Electricity Act 1989]. The Order is now being submitted to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for confirmation.
Since being purchased by Statoil and Statkraft in October 2012, Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited has undertaken a comprehensive review of the plan for the development and construction of the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm.
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited has decided to build the onshore substation at Necton in the Breckland District.