Power plant · England, United Kingdom
Race Bank (Phase 2) Offshore Wind Farm
Race Bank (Phase 2) Offshore Wind Farm is an offshore wind power plant in England, United Kingdom, with 284 MW of capacity, operated by Ørsted and Macquarie Group.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Race Bank , Greater Wash | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2018 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Offshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Jan 2009 (planning authority DECC (S36)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ørsted (Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)/ Macquarie Group) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Macquarie Group (Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)/ Macquarie Group) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 284 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 45 units (6.3 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Offshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1367, 0.5927 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned
- Permit applied for (planning authority DECC (S36))
How it compares
Race Bank (Phase 2) is the 94th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 132nd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 284 MW is 0.14% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 94th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | 0.21% |
| United Kingdom | 132nd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | 0.14% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,665th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 grid connections (4 operating, 49.5 MW), 4 transmission lines and 4 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossian Transmission Infrastructure | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 24 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 33 km |
| South Reston | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| Wind 20 MW grid connection at Gayton le Marsh Windfarm | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 39 km |
| Solar 5 MW grid connection at South Reston | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 39 km |
| Keddington Road | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
| Solar and Wind 17 MW grid connection at Fen Farm Windfarm | Grid connection | 17 MW | Operating | 47 km |
| Grainthorpe | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 48 km |
Operators and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.