Statoil set to build a large wind farm in Britain

British official have given the green light for the “Dudgeon” project. Norwegian energy companies Statoil and Stakraft will build 67 wind turbines at sea to power almost half a million homes in UK.

The wind farm will be located 32 kilometers north of Cromer, off the coast of Norfolk in the North Sea. The wind farm will be developed by Dudgeon Offshore Wind limited a subsidiary of Statoil and Statkraf. The area was selected because of the flat and not so deep seabed.

The energy giants involved in the construction will build everything from all turbine foundations, offshore substations but it will also install power cables to connect the wind farm with UK's National Grid. The entire wind farm will have a total capacity of 402 megawatts.

“This is the line with our commercial and stepwise approach to renewable energy development,” said Eldat Saetre, Statoil executive vice president. The wind turbines themselves will be built by German giant Siemens.

Dudgeon wind farm is expected to power more than 400,000 homes by 2017. The entire project is estimated to cost around 1,25 billion euros.