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The Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm is one of Centrica's prospective renewables developments in The Greater Wash.

Centrica was awarded an Agreement for Lease from The Crown Estate in 2004 for the development of a wind farm at Race Bank beyond UK territorial waters (12 nautical miles). The proposed project would have a potential maximum capacity of 620MW. Subject to consent, it would be one of three Round 2 wind farms to be built by Centrica. The others are the Docking Shoal and Lincs Offshore Wind Farms.

Lincs was consented in October 2008 and construction is subject to approval by the Centrica Board. An application for consent was submitted for Docking Shoal in early December 2008.

View a map of Centrica's projects in The Greater Wash.

An application for consent for the Race Bank development was submitted to the Department of Energy and Climate Change in January 2009. The application was accompanied by an Environmental Statement (ES), which is based on a detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Supplementary Environmental Information (SEI) was published and submitted to DECC in September 2009. These studies address such issues as marine ecology and ornithology, shipping and navigation, socio-economic impacts, commercial fishing and coastal processes.

Although the offshore wind industry is still in its infancy, Centrica has assembled a strong team to deliver its projects in The Greater Wash. We are also able to draw on our considerable offshore experience and the expertise of wind developers AMEC and Renewable Energy Systems (RES), who are working with us to advance these projects to consent and construction.

There are a number of significant stakeholders with an interest in offshore developments. A process of consultation has been underway with key statutory bodies and many other interested parties for some time.