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The total offshore wind power capacity installed in the United Kingdom at the start of 2022 was 11.3 GW. By 2023, the United Kingdom had over 11,000 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 30 gigawatts (GW): 15 GW onshore and 15 GW offshore, [2] The UK has set a target to have 50GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030. [3]
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. If all the proposed wind farms are developed, then in the 2030s the United Kingdom would have a nameplate capacity of 77GW.
In 2017 the UK built 53% of the 3.15 GW European offshore wind farm capacity. [59] In 2020, Boris Johnson pledged that, by the end of the decade, offshore wind would generate enough energy to power every UK home. [60] At the start of 2022 there was a total of 11.26 GW of installed offshore wind capacity. [46]
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 .
The record amount for the clean technology comes after the last auction for wind farm developers failed to secure any bids. Government announces £800m for offshore wind power support Skip to main ...
[4] With a capacity of 1,218 MW, it was the largest in the world on its completion. A second 1.4 GW Project 2 was given planning consent in 2016. First power was achieved in December 2021, and it became fully operational in August 2022 overtaking Hornsea One as the largest offshore wind farm in the world. [5]
All the most powerful turbines are offshore wind turbines. This list also includes the most powerful onshore wind turbines, although they are relatively small compared to the largest offshore ones. As of June 2024, the most powerful wind turbine in operation is the world's first 18MW semi-direct drive offshore wind turbine, developed by ...
The wind farm consists of 114 Vestas V164 wind turbines with a capacity of 10 MW each. The farm has a total capacity of 1,075 MW, [ 2 ] and became the largest offshore wind farm in Scotland when it became fully operational in 2023.