Fid Financial Close

Dogger Bank South West (DBS West) is the western array of the Dogger Bank South cluster jointly developed by RWE and Masdar, with combined East and West capacity of around 3 GW. The projects are progressing through the UK Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) consent process, with PINS examination completed and a Development Consent Order decision anticipated by end of 2025 according to the May 2025 RWE/Masdar project communication. Both the official update and subsequent industry reporting state that a Final Investment Decision will be required after consent and before construction can begin. The May 2025 RWE/Masdar communication confirms that, if the projects are approved and following an FID, construction could commence in 2026/2027. A July 2025 OffshoreWIND.biz article on the parallel geotechnical survey campaign reiterates the same sequence: subject to consent and a subsequent FID, construction could start in 2026/2027. While no specific FID date, quarter, or year is given by the developers, the published programme positions FID between the expected DCO decision and the 2026/2027 construction start, placing the most-likely FID window in 2026. Year precision (2026-12-31) is used to encode this inferred but un-narrowed target window; the date should be refined or superseded if RWE/Masdar publish a tighter indication, or if DCO consent slippage shifts the FID timeline.