The Dogger Bank Teesside A and B Offshore Wind Farm Order 2015

2.  Associated development within the meaning of section 115(2) of the 2008 Act comprising—

• Work No. 2A – up to 2 export cables for the transmission of HVDC electricity together with fibre-optic cables for the transmission of electronic communications laid on or beneath the seabed between Work No. 1A(b)(ii) or a combined platform referred to in Work No. 1A(b) and Work No. 3A (including cable crossings) and situated within the co-ordinates of the export cable corridor area specified in the offshore order limits and grid co-ordinates plan.

• Project A onshore works

  In the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland—

  • Work No. 3A – up to 2 export cables for the transmission of HVDC electricity together with fibre-optic cables for the transmission of electronic communications laid underground between MLWS and MHWS connecting Work No. 2A with Work No. 4A;

  • Work No. 4A – up to 2 export cables for the transmission of HVDC electricity together with fibre-optic cables for the transmission of electronic communications laid underground between Work No. 3A at MHWS and Work No. 5A including the construction of a haul road and construction access;

  • Work No. 5A – landfall transition joint bays and trenchless installation drill launch pits together with associated landfill works, construction compound and up to 2 export cables for the transmission of HVDC electricity together with fibre-optic cables for the transmission of electric communications laid underground, in ducts if necessary, connecting Work No. 4A with Work No. 6A, including the construction of a haul road and construction access;

  • Work No. 6A – up to 2 export cables for the transmission of HVDC electricity together with fibre-optic cables for the transmission of electronic communications laid underground, in ducts if necessary, from Work No. 5A and running in a generally westerly direction for a distance of 7 kilometres to Work No. 7, including the construction of a haul road and construction access;

  • Work No. 8A – up to 3 export cables for the transmission of HVAC electricity together with fibre-optic cables for the transmission of electronic communications laid underground, in ducts if necessary, from 1 of the electrical converter substations comprised in Work No. 7 and running in a westerly direction for a distance of 2 kilometres to the connection bay within the National Grid substation connection works comprised in Work No. 9, including the construction of a haul road and construction access.

• Project B offshore works

  • Work No. 1B –

    (a)

    an offshore wind turbine generating station with a gross electrical output capacity of up to 1.2 gigawatts comprising up to 200 wind turbine generators each fixed to the seabed by monopole, multi-leg or gravity base type foundations situated within the area enclosed by the points whose co-ordinates are set out in Table 1B (the “array area”);

    Table 1B - Array area

    Point	Latitude (decimal degrees)	Longitude (decimal degrees)
    25	55.12443	2.14572
    26	55.13002	2.21780
    51	54.97070	2.50189
    52	54.96096	2.48529
    56	54.83864	2.27783
    57	54.83862	2.26336
    24	55.01111	1.95454

    (b)

    up to 7 offshore platforms comprising the following—

    (i)

    up to 4 offshore collector platforms situated within the array area and fixed to the seabed by multi-leg or gravity base type foundations;

    (ii)

    1 offshore converter platform situated within the array area and fixed to the seabed by multi-leg or gravity base type foundations;

    (iii)

    up to 2 offshore accommodation or helicopter platforms situated within the array area and fixed to the seabed by multi-leg or gravity base type foundations,

    provided that any of the platforms comprised in Work No. 1B(b)(i) to (iii) may be co-joined to create a combined platform fixed to the seabed by multi-leg or gravity base type foundations;

    (c)

    up to 5 meteorological stations situated within the array area either fixed to the seabed by monopole, multi-leg or gravity base type foundations or utilising a floating support structure anchored to the seabed;

    (d)

    a network of cables for the transmission of electricity and electronic communications laid on or beneath the seabed (including cable crossings) between—

    (i)

    any of the wind turbine generators comprised in Work No. 1B(a);

    (ii)

    any of the wind turbine generators comprised in Work No. 1B(a) and any of the works comprised in Work No. 1B(c);

    (iii)

    any of the works comprised in Work No. 1B(b) and any of the works comprised in Work No. 1B(c);

    (iv)

    the offshore converter platform referred to in Work No. 1B(b)(ii) or a combined platform referred to in Work No. 1B(b) and the export cable route in Work No. 2B; and

    (e)

    up to 10 vessel moorings situated within the array area consisting of a single floating buoy secured by chain and anchor anchored to the seabed.