Dong Energy pulls out of Able Marine Energy Park
The Danish energy giant has confirmed it won't be using the North Killingholme site to build its £450m offshore wind hub.
There's a big blow for the Humber region today as Dong Energy confirms it WON'T use the Able Marine Energy Park at North Killingholme to build its offshore wind hub.
The Danish energy giant has pulled out of the £450m project.
It says there's already enough facilities available elsewhere.
It's brought into doubt the future of the Able Marine Energy site but the company insist they'll still help the Humber become a multi-billion pound world-class Energy Estuary.
A Dong Energy spokeserson told Viking:
“It has been concluded that current ports can support demand from the anticipated offshore wind project pipeline and it would be difficult to justify the scale of investment required to promote a single large-scale staging and manufacturing facility. “We have concluded that the timescales for development of such a hub would preclude it providing support for any of our planned projects. We will now fully support and engage with the industry approach. “DONG Energy remains fully committed to the Humber region and we expect to have invested £6 billion in the area by 2019. We currently operate or are a partner in six offshore wind farms along the UK East Coast which are operational or under construction. Together they have a capacity in excess of 3 gigawatts – enough to supply the electricity needs of over 2 million UK homes.”
Able UK said:
"Together with all interests in the region, we believe that the Humber can become a world-class ‘Energy Estuary’ and that AMEP will play a crucial role in making that happen."