Green light for Gabbard

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Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds today received planning permission for the construction of an offshore wind farm to be located 25km off the coast of Suffolk in the Outer Thames Estuary.

(GGOWL) today received planning permission for the construction of an offshore wind farm to be located 25km off the coast of

in the Outer Thames Estuary.

In addition, GGOWL - an Airtricity and Fluor joint venture - recently received permission to connect the wind farm to the electricity grid via a substation at Sizewell from Suffolk Coastal District Council.

The planned wind farm will produce 500MW of electricity via 140 wind turbines sited around the Inner Gabbard and The Galloper sandbanks. It will be the first UK offshore wind farm to be built outside territorial waters and will provide electricity for more than 415,000 homes.

The east coast of England is a key area for offshore wind projects with approximately 6.5GW of capacity currently planned out of a total of 10GW for the whole of the UK. According to GGOWL, the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm project will make a significant contribution to reducing CO2 emission by almost 1.5 million tonnes annually, which is said to be the equivalent of removing 350,000 cars from the road every year.

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