Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm (Zone 4) – Project One

About this project

Project One is the first development proposed within the Hornsea Zone. Project One will constitute up to three offshore wind generating stations with a total capacity of up to 1,200 MW and will include all offshore and onshore infrastructure. The DCO for Project One would authorise the construction and operation of up to 332 wind turbines, up to two offshore accommodation platforms, up to five offshore HVAC collector substations, up to two offshore HVDC converter stations, an offshore HVAC reactive compensation substation, subsea inter-array electrical circuits, a marine connection to the shore approximately 150 km in length, a foreshore connection and from the proposed landfall point at Horseshoe Point, onshore cables which will connect the offshore wind farms to the onshore electrical transmission station and the connection from there to National Grid’s existing substation at North Killingholme, a distance of approximately 40 km.

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The examination has now closed. There will now be a period of 3 months for the Examining Authority to consider and make a recommendation to the Secretary of State.

10 June 2014
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Examination ends
10 June 2014
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Documents submitted for Deadline VIII of 6 June 2014 have now been published:

Draft Development Consent Orders

Information requested (Rule 17)

6 June 2014
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Documents submitted by the Applicant on 3 June 2014 have now been published. Comments on these document are to be received by Friday 6 June.

http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/document/2518486

http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/document/2518485

4 June 2014

What happens next

The examination closed on 10 June 2014 at 12:00am. There will now be a period of 3 months for the Examining Authority to consider and make a recommendation to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State will have 3 months in which to make their decision.