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This is a list of offshore wind farms within the national maritime boundaries of the United Kingdom. In December 2024 the nameplate capacity of offshore wind farms in operation was approximately 14 GW, with a further 8 GW under construction. Contracts for difference for a further 9 GW have been awarded by the UK Government.
In 1998, the British Wind Energy Association (now RenewableUK) began discussions with the government to draw up formal procedures for negotiating with the Crown Estate, the owner of almost all the United Kingdom coastline out to a distance of 12 nautical miles (22.2 km), to build offshore wind farms. The result was a set of guidelines published ...
Rampion is an offshore wind farm developed by E.ON, now operated by RWE, off the Sussex coast in the UK. The wind farm has a capacity of 400 MW, although 700 MW was originally planned. [2] The wind farm was commissioned in April 2018 and was the first offshore wind farm on the south coast of England. [3] [4]
Having completed the offshore substation, first power was achieved by 20 December 2021, and became fully operational in August 2022. [5] By doing so, Hornsea Project 2 overtook Hornsea One as the largest offshore wind farm in the world. [5] Hornsea Two has two diesel-electric crew ships, [66] where crews stay for two weeks while maintaining the ...
The wind farm consists of 30 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines with a total nameplate capacity of 90 MW. [1] Turbines were installed by the Danish offshore wind farms services provider A2SEA . [ 2 ] Between 2007 and 2010, the capacity factor was around 30%. [ 3 ]
The Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm is a 348 MW offshore wind farm located on the Burbo Flats in Liverpool Bay on the west coast of the UK in the Irish Sea.It consists of an original 90 MW wind farm commissioned in 2007 and a 258 MW extension completed in 2017.
It also lists the largest offshore wind farms currently under construction, the largest proposed offshore wind farms, and offshore wind farms with notability other than size. As of 2022, Hornsea 2 in the United Kingdom is the largest offshore wind farm in the world at 1,386 MW .
December 2014 was a record breaking month for UK wind power. A total of 3.90 TWh of electricity was generated in the month – supplying 13.9% of the UK's electricity demand. [185] On 19 October 2014, wind power supplied just under 20% of the UK's electrical energy that day.