Corio Generation, a wholly-owned Green Investment Group (GIG) portfolio company, and TotalEnergies have submitted a project scoping report to the Planning Inspectorate for the 1.5 GW Outer Dowsing offshore wind project located 54 km off England's Lincolnshire coast (United Kingdom). The power plant already secured approval by the UK government of The Crown Estate’s Habitats Regulations Assessment process, the Outer Dowsing development team has now submitted.
The Planning Inspectorate will now consult widely with statutory stakeholders on the technical proposals before providing a formal Scoping Opinion. The views obtained during the scoping process, together with ongoing surveys, will be used to guide the design and layout of the project and its associated infrastructure, ahead of formal submission for development consent, which is anticipated in late 2023.
The wind capacity has been progressing rapidly since 2010, by 2.2 GW/year on average, reaching 28.7 GW at the end of 2020, of which 44% offshore (12.7 GW). The UK has the second largest offshore wind capacity worldwide. The government plans to raise offshore wind capacity to 40 GW by 2030. The country intends to carry out new auctions approximately every two years to deliver between 1 and 2 GW of offshore wind capacity each year in the 2020's.
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