SSE and Equinor have finalised a seabed lease with The Crown Estate, a key milestone in the development of the proposed Dogger Bank D offshore wind project.

The lease allows the 50:50 joint venture to potentially add an additional 1.5GW of renewable electricity capacity to the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which is already the largest offshore wind farm in the world.

The project recently completed an eight-week public consultation on its proposals, which include plans for up to 113 offshore turbines and associated infrastructure. The feedback from this consultation will be used to prepare a final application for a Development Consent Order. According to The Crown Estate, the project is one of seven offshore wind farms that have been identified for potential capacity increases, with the potential to unlock a total of up to 4.7GW of new green electricity production.

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Subject to securing a Development Consent Order and a final investment decision by the partners, the new phase will be located about 210km off the Yorkshire coast.

Steve Wilson, Director of Offshore Development and Construction at SSE Renewables, described the deal as a "testament to the shared innovation" between the partners and The Crown Estate to increase the site's generation capacity.