Triton Knoll, potentially the world’s largest offshore wind farm, has been granted planning consent by the UK’s secretary of state for Energy and Climate Change.
Situated 20 miles off the Lincolnshire and Norfolk coasts, and with almost 300 wind turbines planned, Triton Knoll could, at 1200 MW, overtake London Array as the world’s largest offshore wind complex.
Design, environment and energy consultancy, LDA Design, undertook the Seascape, Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (SLVIA) for the offshore wind farm on behalf of developer RWE npower renewables.
In gaining consent for the Triton Knoll development, LDA Design’s total of consented offshore wind farms reaches twelve, five of which are already operational. Collectively the twelve developments could have the capacity to generate just under 3500 MW of renewable energy, enough to achieve a 3.5 million tonnes per annum reduction in CO2 emissions.
William Wheeler, head of Offshore Wind Energy at LDA Design, said: "Triton Knoll is a major milestone for the UK offshore wind industry and a project of this scale will undoubtedly make a huge contribution to helping the UK meet its renewable energy target."
Jacob Hain, Triton Knoll project manager, said: "We believed that Triton Knoll was a very well sited project. The decision by the secretary of state endorses this. It sends another positive message to the industry about the growth and potential of renewables in the UK."
