News on SEP & DEP

On 17 April 2024, the UK Secretary of State for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero granted development consent for SEP and DEP. The projects are extensions to the operational Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farms, which currently power around 710,000 UK homes. 

The development consent enables SEP and DEP to double the capacity of the existing wind farms, providing renewable energy to power an additional 785,000 UK homes. Together, Equinor’s wind farms in Norfolk will power nearly 1.5 million households and make a significant contribution to the UK’s decarbonisation goals.

Through a coordinated approach and extensive consultations with local community members, Equinor has sought to develop the projects to maximise local benefits and minimise disruption. This is the first time in the UK that two offshore wind projects under separate ownership have been awarded consent under a shared application, providing an opportunity to combine the development of the two projects. This includes the projects’ transmission cables sharing the same onshore cable route.

We are grateful for the community's engagement with SEP and DEP throughout the pre-application and examination process; this engagement has been invaluable in helping us to shape the projects.

We will provide further updates in due course regarding the forthcoming programme for the projects. To read the Secretary of States decision in full please follow this link