The Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm application was accepted for examination by The Planning Inspectorate on 22 April 2024. 

You can now make comment directly to the Planning Inspectorate by registering as an interested party and submitting a Relevant Representation between 30 April and 21 June 2024 directly. Find out more here. 

You can view all application documents and register to be kept up to date throughout the examination process on their website.

A FUTURE OF CLEAN, GREEN ENERGY

Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm is the proposed extension to the operational £1.5 billion, 353-megawatt Galloper Offshore Wind Farm.

The development of Five Estuaries is part of RWE’s strategy to become carbon neutral by 2040. As one of the world’s leading players in offshore wind, RWE supports the UK Government in achieving its goal of having every single home powered by offshore wind within the next 10 years.

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APPLICATION ACCEPTANCE

On 22 April the Planning Inspectorate formally accepted the application for the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm project for examination.  

The application is now open for Relevant Representations with the Planning Inspectorate

Read more about the application and next steps in the process. 

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OCSS FUNDING DECISION ANNOUNCEMENT

Five Estuaries along with Sea Link and North Falls, have been working together to explore the potential for offshore coordination as part of the Offshore Transmission Network Review (OTNR) 'Early Opportunities' workstream. The projects welcome a decision from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to provide grant funding through the Offshore Coordination Support Scheme (OCSS) to develop and explore the feasibility of coordinated options for offshore transmission infrastructure.

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FIVE ESTUARIES SIGN UP TO ESSEX GREEN SKILLS PLEDGE

We are proud to announce that we have signed up to Essex County Council’s Green Skills Pledge to help the transition to net zero and upskill the local workforce with green skills.

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OVERVIEW

Five Estuaries is a proposed extension to the existing Galloper Offshore Wind Farm. The new wind farm would be split across two separate seabed areas covering 128km2 in the southern North Sea and create enough energy each year to power hundreds of thousands of homes.

 

The project includes up to 79 turbines with a maximum tip height of 399m and would be located approximately 37km at its closest point off the coast of south Suffolk. Coming ashore at Sandy Point between Frinton-on-Sea and Holland-on-Sea in Tendring, Essex, underground cables then travel approximately 22km to a new substation located to the west of Little Bromley. Finally connecting the power to the proposed adjacent East Anglia Connection Node substation, part of National Grid’s Norwich to Tilbury Project.

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PROJECT PARTNERS

Five Estuaries is owned by a number of shareholders and RWE Renewables UK is leading the development of the project on behalf of the project partners.

Project Partners – RWE (33.33%), a Macquarie-led consortium (25%), ESB (20.83%) and Sumitomo Corporation (20.83%)

 

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Phone: 0333 880 5306
Email: fiveestuaries@rwe.com
Write to us: Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Ltd,
Windmill Hill Business Park,
Whitehill Way, Swindon SN5 6PB
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