Wind power in the United Kingdom
List of operational and proposed offshore wind farms

Wind power in the United Kingdom

Section Title: List of operational and proposed offshore wind farms
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Farm	Commissioned	Estimated completion	Power (MW)	No. Turbines	Notes	Round

North Hoyle	December 2003	60	30	United Kingdom's first major offshore wind farm.	1

Scroby Sands	December 2004	60	30	1

Kentish Flats	December 2005	140	45	Extension added in 2015.	1

Barrow Offshore Wind	May 2006	90	30	1

Burbo Bank	October 2007	348	57	258 MW, 32 turbine extension completed in April 2017.	1–2

Lynn and Inner Dowsing	October 2008	194	54	1

Rhyl Flats	December 2009	90	25	Officially inaugurated 2 December 2009	1

Gunfleet Sands	April 2010	173	48	Officially inaugurated 15 June 2010	1–2

Robin Rigg	April 2010	174	60	1

Thanet	September 2010	300	100	2

Walney	February 2012	1,026	189	Extended in September 2018 with a 659 MW, 87 turbine extension.	2

Ormonde	February 2012	150	30	Commissioned 22 February 2012.	1

Greater Gabbard	August 2012	857	196	Commissioned 7 August 2012. 56 turbine, 353 MW extension "Galloper" completed in April 2018.	2

Sheringham Shoal	September 2012	317	88	Commissioned 27 September 2012	2

London Array	April 2013	630	175	Commissioned 6 April 2013. World's largest offshore wind farm. Phase 2 (370MW) scrapped.	2

Lincs	July 2013	270	75	Commissioned 5 July 2013	2

Teesside	August 2013	62	27	Final Round 1 project completed	1

Fife Energy Park (Methil)	October 2013	7	1	7MW turbine evaluation project. Installation complete March 2014	Eval

West of Duddon Sands	October 2014	389	108	Officially opened 30 October 2014.	2

Westermost Rough	May 2015	210	35	Offshore construction started beginning of 2014. First use of 6MW turbine.	2

Humber Gateway	June 2015	219	73	First monopole installed September 2013	2

Gwynt y Môr	June 2015	576	160	Construction started January 2012. Final commissioning was completed on 18 June 2015.	2

Dudgeon	October 2017	402	67	Consent granted July 2012 Application for Variation in July 2013 to increase area and reduce capacity. Eligible for UK Government CfD Construction began in March 2016.	2

Hywind Scotland	October 2017	30	5	Planning application submitted May 2015. Floating wind farm. Planning consented in November 2015.

Race Bank	February 2018	573	91	Consent granted July 2012	2

Aberdeen Bay (EOWDC)	September 2018	92	11	Demonstration site for new turbines. Consent granted March 2013.	Eval

Rampion	November 2018	400	116	Construction began in January 2016. First electricity delivered to the grid in November 2017.	3

Beatrice	Spring 2019	588	84	Offshore pile construction has started. Eligible for government CfD. First power generated in July 2018.	STW

East Anglia ONE	2020	714	102	Consent granted June 2014. Project under construction, first foundation completed in June 2018. Use of 7MW turbines planned.	3

Hornsea Project One	2020	1218	174	Offshore construction began in January 2018. First power in March 2019, with completion in Q1 2020.	3

Kincardine	2020	49	7	Consent granted March 2017 First turbine towed into place in August 2018 and first power generated in October 2018. Commercial scale demonstration of a floating wind farm.	Eval

Hornsea Project Two	2022–23 (Phase 1)	1386	174	Consent granted August 2016 for phase 2 (Breesea & Optimus Wind – 900MW each). Project in pre-construction phase.	3

Triton Knoll	2021–22 (Phase 1)	860	90	Consent granted July 2013 Use of 9.5MW turbines planned.	2

Dounreay Trì	Q1 2020	10	2	Consent granted March 2017.

Dogger Bank Creyke Beck	2022	2400	120 – 200 per site	Consent granted February 2015 for phase 1 (Creyke Beck A & B – 1200MW each)	3

Moray East	2022–23 (Phase 1)	950	100	Consent granted March 2014. Use of 9.5MW turbines planned.	3

Dogger Bank Teesside A	2020–27	1200	120 – 200 per site	Consent granted August 2015.	3

Sofia	2020–27	1200	120 – 200 per site	Consent granted August 2015. Formerly known as Dogger Bank Teesside B.	3

Neart Na Gaoithe	2023	448	54	Consent granted October 2014. RSPB Judicial Review overturned. Use of 8MW turbines planned.	STW

East Anglia THREE	2023	Up to 1200	Up to 172	Consent granted August 2017.	3

Inch Cape	2024	784	95–110	Consent granted October 2014. RSPB Judicial Review overturned.	STW

Firth of Forth (Seagreen)	Early to mid 2020s	1500	150 (75 per site)	Consent granted October 2014 for phase 1 (Alpha & Bravo – 525MW each) RSPB Judicial Review overturned. Planning to compete in the spring 2019 capacity auction	3

Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Project	58	10	Consent granted.

ForthWind Offshore Wind Demonstration Project	12	2	Consent granted December 2016.

Sentence(s)

Three offshore wind farms came on stream in 2015, Gwynt y Môr (576 MW), Humber Gateway (219 MW) and Westermost Rough (210 MW).

final_sentence: Three offshore wind farms came on stream in 2015, Gwynt y Môr (576 MW), Humber Gateway (219 MW) and Westermost Rough (210 MW).