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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 ...
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 ]
This information is gathered from multiple Internet sources, [1] [2] and primarily the 4C Offshore's Global Offshore Wind Farm Map and Database and is current up to July 2015. The name of the Wind Farm is the name used by the Energy Company when referring to the Farm and is usually related to a shoal or the name of the nearest town on shore.
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.
LORC Knowledge - Offshore Renewables Map; Offshore Center List of offshore wind farms; Renewable UK offshore wind page; Tethys Map Viewer A compilation of documents, U.S. permitting sites, and international Annex IV project sites and research studies on offshore wind developments that are associated with a geographic location.
Britain's Conservative government relaxed planning rules Tuesday and lifted restrictions that effectively banned the building of new onshore wind farms in England. Rules introduced in 2015 by then ...
The Thanet Wind Farm (also sometimes called Thanet Offshore Wind Farm) [2] is an offshore wind farm 7 miles (11 km) off the coast of Thanet district in Kent, England. On commissioning it was the world's largest offshore wind farm. It has a nameplate capacity (maximum output) of 300 MW and it cost £780 [3] –900 million [4] (US$1.2–1.4 billion).