List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom

Four offshore wind farms are in the Thames Estuary area: Kentish Flats, Gunfleet Sands, Thanet and London Array. The latter is the largest in the world as of April 2013.

This is a comprehensive list of operational offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom (within the national maritime boundaries).

This information is gathered from multiple internet sources, and is current up to February 2015. The name of the wind farm is the name used by the energy company when referring to the farm. It is usually related to the name of the nearest town on shore.

List

The list is sorted alphabetically, but it can be sorted in any way by clicking the symbol <> at the top of each column.

Wind farm	Cap. (MW)	Turbines	Where	When	Build Cost	Cap. fac.	Depth range (m)	km to shore	Country	Owner	Refs.
Barrow	90	30 × Vestas V90-3.0MW		2006 July	£123m		15–20	7	England	DONG
Beatrice	10	2 × REpower 5M		2007 July	£35m	20%	45	23	Scotland	SSE and Talisman Energy
Blyth Offshore	4	2 × Vestas V66-2MW		2000 December	£4m		6–11	1.6	England	E.ON
Burbo Bank	90	25 × Siemens SWP 3.6–107		2007 September	£90m	32–35%	0–6	7	England	DONG
Greater Gabbard	504	140 × Siemens SWT-3.6–107		2012 September	£1500m		20–32	23	England	SSE Renewables
Gunfleet Sands 1 & 2	172	48 × Siemens SWP-3.6–107		2010 April	£300m		2–15	7	England	DONG
Gunfleet Sands 3 – Demonstration Project	12	2 × Siemens SWT-6.0 120		2013 April	£51m		5–12	8	England	DONG
Gwynt y Môr	576	160 × Siemens SWT-3.6 107		2015 June	>£2b		20	17	Wales	RWE Npower, Stadtwerke München, GIB, Siemens
Humber Gateway	219	73 × Vestas V112 3.0MW		2015 June	£736m		15	10	England	E.ON
Kentish Flats	90	30 × Vestas V90-3.0MW		2005 October	£121.5m	30%	3–5	10	England	Vattenfall
Lincs	270	75 × Siemens SWT-3.6–120		2013 September	£1000m		10–15	8	England	Centrica, Siemens, DONG
London Array	630	175 × Siemens SWT-3.6		2013 April	£1800m		0–25	20	England	DONG Energy, E.ON UK Renewables, Masdar
Lynn and Inner Dowsing	194	54 × Siemens SWP-3.6–107		2009 March	£300m	37%	6–11	5	England	Centrica 50% TCW 50%
Methil	7	1 × Samsung 7 MW		2013 October			5	0.05	Scotland	Samsung, 2-B Energy
North Hoyle	60	30 × Vestas V80-2MW		2003 December	£80m	33–36%	5–12	7	Wales	Npower (UK) (RWE)
Ormonde	150	30 × REpower 5MW		2012 August	£552m		17–22	9.5	England	Vattenfall
Rhyl Flats	90	25 × Siemens SWP 3.6–107		2009 December	£198m		4–15	8	Wales	Npower (UK) (RWE)
Robin Rigg	180	60 × Vestas V90-3.0MW		2010 April	£396m		0–12	11	Scotland	E.ON
Scroby Sands	60	30 × Vestas V80-2MW		2004 March	£75.5m	26–32%	0–8	2.5	England	E.ON
Sheringham Shoal	317	88 × Siemens SWT-3.6–107		2012 September	£1100m		12–24	17	England	Statoil 50% Statkraft 50%
Teesside	62	27 × Siemens SWT-2.3		2013 August	£200m		7–15	1.5	England	EDF-EN
Thanet	300	100 × Vestas V90-3.0MW		2010 September	£900m		20–25	11	England	Vattenfall
Walney	367	102 Siemens SWP 3.6–107		2010 February	£1200m		19–30	14	England	DONG, SSE, OPW
Westermost Rough	210	35 Siemens SWT-6.0-154		2015 May	£370m		15	10	England	DONG, Marubeni, GIB
West of Duddon Sands	389	108 Siemens SWP 3.6–120		2014 October	£1600m		17–24	15	England	DONG, SSE
"Cap." is the rated nameplate capacity of the wind farm "When" is the year when the windfarm was commissioned and put into service. "Cost" is the total capital cost of the project up to commissioning. "Cap. Fac." is the average capacity factor, i.e. the average power generated by the windfarm, as a percentage of its nameplate capacity. "km to shore" is the average distance of the windfarm to shore, or (where available) the distance from the in-farm transformer/substation to the shore "Depth range (m)" is the range of minimum to maximum depths of water that the windfarm is sited in "Refs" cite the source references for the information. The [w ...] footnotes link to each windfarm's own home page

Barrow

Beatrice

Blyth

Burbo Bank

Greater Gabbard

Gunfleet Sands

Gwynt y Môr

Humber Gateway

Kentish Flats

Lincs

London Array

Lynn and Inner Dowsing

Methil

North Hoyle

Ormonde

Rhyl Flats

Robin Rigg

Scroby Sands

Sheringham Shoal

Teesside

Thanet

Walney

Westermost Rough

West of Duddon Sands

Locations of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom

Wind farms under construction

This is a list of offshore wind farms currently under construction.

Wind farm	Cap. (MW)	Turbines	Where	When	Build Cost	Cap. fac.	Depth range (m)	km to shore	Country	Owner	Refs.
Dudgeon	402	67 × Siemens SWT-6.0-154		2017	£1.5bn				England	Statoil, Statkraft
Race Bank	580	91 × Siemens SWT-6.0-154		2018					England	DONG
Rampion	400	116 × Vestas V112-3.45MW		2018					England	E.ON
"Cap." is the rated nameplate capacity of the wind farm "When" is the year when the windfarm was commissioned and put into service. "Cost" is the total capital cost of the project up to commissioning. "Cap. Fac." is the average capacity factor, i.e. the average power generated by the windfarm, as a percentage of its nameplate capacity. "km to shore" is the average distance of the windfarm to shore, or (where available) the distance from the in-farm transformer/substation to the shore "Depth range (m)" is the range of minimum to maximum depths of water that the windfarm is sited in "Refs" cite the source references for the information. The [w ...] footnotes link to each windfarm's own home page

See also

• List of onshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
• Renewable energy in the United Kingdom
• Wind power in the United Kingdom
• List of offshore wind farms
• Lists of offshore wind farms by country

Other types of power generation in the United Kingdom

• List of power stations in England
• List of power stations in Scotland
• List of power stations in Wales

External links

• 4C Offshore's Global Offshore Wind Farm Map and Database
• List of United Kingdom Wind Farms, thewindpower.net