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.Recent activity
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.
Documents submitted for Deadline IX of 9 June 2014 have now been published.
Documents submitted for Deadline VIII of 6 June 2014 have now been published:
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
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.