solar energy in kent Round 3 zones and developers

Thanet array seen from top of North Downs near Lenham. Turbines are about 30 miles away - see map

 



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Crown estates have anounced the major Round 3 offshore zones and developers

The nine Round 3 zones and respective developers are;

1) Moray Firth zone: 1.3GW, Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (75% owned by EDP Renovaveis and 25% by SeaEnergy Renewables),

2) Firth of Forth zone: 3.5GW, SeaGreen Wind Energy Ltd (equally owned by SSE Renewables and Fluor);

3) Dogger Bank zone: 9GW, the Forewind Consortium (equally owned by SSE Renewables, RWE Npower Renewables, Statoil and Statkraft);

4) Hornsea zone: 4GW, Siemens Project Ventures and Mainstream Renewable Power (a consortium equally owned by both companies and also involving Hochtief Construction);

5) Norfolk Bank zone: 7.2GW, East Anglia Offshore Wind Ltd (equally owned by Scottish Power Renewables and Vattenfall Vindkraft);

6) Hastings zone: 0.6GW, Eon Climate and Renewables UK; 7) West of Isle of Wight zone: 0.9GW, Eneco New Energy;

8) Bristol Channel zone: 1.5GW, RWE Npower Renewables (the UK subsidiary of RWE Innogy); And finally,

9) Irish Sea zone: 4.2GW, Centrica Renewable Energy and involving RES Group.