Dogger Bank
The project will connect to the national grid at the existing lackenby substation in teesside.
Dogger bank. It is home to sandeels crabs flatfish and more. It was named after the doggers medieval dutch fishing boats especially used for catching cod. The british had intercepted and decoded german wireless transmissions gaining advance knowledge that a german raiding squadron was heading for dogger bank and ships of the grand fleet sailed to intercept the raiders. It is around 560km in size with its closest point from shore at 196km.
Dogger bank c previously known as teesside a has a maximum installed capacity of up to 1 2gw. These species are a vital food source for porpoises and seabirds like puffins. It has long been known by fishermen to be a productive fishing bank. Dogger bank wind farm is an offshore wind farm being developed in three phases dogger bank a dogger bank b and dogger bank c located between 130km and 190km from the north east coast of england at their nearest points.
Dogger bank is a large sandbank in a shallow area of the north sea about 100 kilometres off the east coast of england. Dogger bank and the pursuit of the german fleet as night fell on january 23 1915 the germans put to sea again for another reconnaissance in force with a strong fleet of cruisers and torpedo boats under hipper s command setting out to scout the dogger bank. The dogger bank s seabed is one of the north sea s most important habitats. At the beginning of the 21st century the area was identified as a potential site for a uk.
The british surprised the smaller and slower german squadron which fled. During the last ice age the bank was part of a large landmass connecting europe and the british isles now known as doggerland. The battle of dogger bank was a naval engagement on 24 january 1915 near the dogger bank in the north sea during the first world war between squadrons of the british grand fleet and the kaiserliche marine. The dogger bank development consists of three wind farm projects creyke beck a and b and teesside a.
The seabed at dogger bank is home to crabs starfish flatfish and sand eels this ecosystem is being damaged by weighted nets used in bottom trawling greenpeace has been warned to stop building. The dogger bank is home to critically endangered species such as common skate and angel shark as well as large mammals such as minke whale beaked dolphin and harbor porpoise.