World’s largest offshore wind farm produces power for the first time

The 3.6GW Dogger Bank Wind Farm is being constructed in UK waters 70 miles (130km) off the coast of Yorkshire, in three 1.2GW phases dubbed Dogger Bank A, B and C.

Power from the project’s first turbine is now being transmitted to the UK’s national grid via Dogger Bank’s high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system, marking the first-time use of HVDC technology on a UK wind farm.

Initial power followed the installation of the first of GE Vernova’s Haliade-X 13MW turbines at the Dogger Bank site, which will use a mix of 13 and 14 MW Haliade-X turbines to provide about five per cent of the UK’s electricity demand. Each rotation of the first turbine’s 107m long Haliade-X blades can produce enough energy to power an average home for two days.

Once completed, Dogger Bank’s 3.6GW capacity will comprise 277 offshore turbines that will deliver yearly CO2 savings equivalent to removing 1.5 million cars from the road, according to the provider.