The Crown Estate, manager of the UK seabed, has welcomed news that E.ON has confirmed it will invest in and build the £1.3 billion, Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, which will be situated 13 km off the Sussex coast, alongside its partner in the project, the UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB).
Huub den Rooijen, Head of Offshore Wind, said: “[Yesterday’s] announcement of the £1.3 billion investment from E.ON and the Green Investment Bank in the Rampion offshore wind farm represents a major milestone as it becomes the first project to enter construction under our Round 3 leasing programme. We look forward to continuing to work with the industry to bring forward these large scale wind projects which will help further bring down costs and support the UK’s low carbon energy mix over the long term.”
The wind farm, comprising 116 turbines, will have a total capacity of 400 MW. When complete the wind farm could provide enough electricity to supply the equivalent of around 300,000 homes and reduce CO2 emissions by up to 600,000 tonnes a year.