Green Light for Largest Renewables Project in U.K.

GALWAY, IRELAND--February 25, 2015 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) The largest renewable project in U.K. history is to move forward following the granting of permission for the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck offshore windfarm in the North Sea.

Previously known as Dogger Bank, the development of Zone 3 has been given the green light by the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Davey, and comprises two windfarms each with a potential generating capacity of 1,200-megawatts (MW).