ScottishPower secures permit to increase East Anglia III wind farm on the North Sea to 1.4 GW capacity

ScottishPower Renewables has secured approval from the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to increase the generating capacity of its offshore wind project in the North Sea to 1.4 GW. The state has also approved its request to cut the number of gravity base foundations that can be deployed at the selected site to 100.

The project, covering an area of 305 km2 off the coast of Suffolk, was initially planned to have 172 wind turbines with a total of 1.2 GW.

The permission does not concern the maximum capacity of the individual wind turbines.

Construction work is set to begin in 2022. Commercial operation is scheduled in 2025.