The UK government has granted development consent to the 1.2GW Rampion 2 wind farm offshore Sussex.
The wind farm is a proposed extension to the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm that has been online since 2018. The development consent order was issued by the UK energy secretary, Ed Miliband, last Friday.
The Rampion 2 developer estimates that this project alone will create 4,000 jobs during the construction of the 90 offshore turbines. Construction is slated to begin in 2027-28, ahead of full commercial operations by 2030. The project will produce enough clean energy to power over one million homes.
The permit will allow the developer, RWE, to mount a bid for a contract for difference in the upcoming Allocation Round 7.
Other partners of the project include a Macquarie-led consortium and a subsidiary of North American energy infrastructure company Enbridge.
The approval moves the government a step closer to delivering clean power by 2030, putting the UK within 4GW of the offshore wind range of 43-50 GW set out in the Clean Power Action Plan.
