The Proposal
*Update – The planning application for the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm has been submitted to the IPC – see our most recent newsletter for more details
Site Location
Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm – The Proposal
In 2003, The Crown Estate and the Government opened a second tender round for offshore wind farm development sites within three selected 'Strategic Areas' around the coast of Great Britain. As a result of the Round 2 tender process, RWE npower renewables was awarded an exploration license to develop a 1,200 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm called Triton Knoll.
Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm is within the Greater Wash Strategic Area and is located off the east coast of England, approximately 20 miles off the coast of Lincolnshire and 28 miles from the coast of North Norfolk.
Since being awarded the site, we have carried out a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in the area. We have also carried out a consultation with the local communities and key stakeholders for the offshore elements of the project. For more information, please go to the Consultation tab.
In 2012, we submitted a planning application to the Infrastructure Planning Commission. The IPC has accepted that the application complies with the requirements for an application and that they will now proceed to examine the application, in consultation with the public and statutory bodies. More information about how people can register to be involved in this process is available in our latest newsletter.
The Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm could generate up to 1,200 megawatts. This means the average annual energy generation at the Triton Knoll site would be up to the equivalent to the approximate domestic needs of around 850,000 average UK households1.
Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm is being progressed as two separate packages:
Package 1: The wind farm site itself and all elements within its offshore site boundary (including wind turbines, meteorological masts, offshore substations and ‘intra-array’ cables linking the wind turbines with the offshore substation).
Package 2: The electrical system (including the onshore substation and cable route, and the offshore export cable route).
1. Equivalent homes supplied is based on an annual electricity consumption per home of 4700 kWh. This figure is supported by recent domestic electricity consumption data available from The Digest of UK Energy Statistics and household estimates and projections from the UK Statistics Authority.
Energy predicted to be generated by the proposal is derived using wind speeds monitored in the local area and correlating to a modelled reference node. This enables a calculation to be made to estimate the average annual energy production for the site based on 195 turbines each of rated capacity 6.15 MW. The energy capture predicted and hence derived homes equivalent or emissions savings figures may change as further data are gathered.
