Power plant · Arun, England, United Kingdom
Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm
Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm is a power plant in Arun, England, United Kingdom, with 1,200 MW of capacity, operated by Rampion Extension Development Limited and RWE Renewables UK Limited.
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 | Arun (coordinates), England (South East) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | United Kingdom | NESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adjacent to the exisiting Rampion Wind Farm, approximately 13km off the Sussex Coast | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Rampion Wind Farm, East Quay, Newhaven, BN9 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Offshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 |
| Permit date | 4 Apr 2025 (permit EN010117, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Apr 2025 (permit EN010117, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Aug 2023 (reference EN010117, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Aug 2023 (reference EN010117, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Apr 2025 (granted, reference EN010117, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Apr 2025 (granted, reference EN010117, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Rampion Extension Development Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RWE Renewables UK Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,200 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 90 units | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Offshore | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 |
| Area | 25,924 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.7996, -0.5623 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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.
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3 sources record Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm | asset:pins-nsip:en010117 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Rampion Wind Farm (Extension), (Rampion 2) | asset:repd:7698 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | Same name, technology and capacity |
| Rampion Extension Offshore Wind Farm | asset:neso-tec:pro-000467 | NESO TEC Register | Same name, technology and capacity |
How it compares
Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm is the 23rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 40th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,200 MW is 0.4% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 23rd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.64% |
| United Kingdom | 40th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.4% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 59th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.18% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 90 grid connections (54 operating, 527 MW), 73 substations, 11 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilsham Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Solar 10 MW grid connection at Bilsham | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 4.3 km |
| Solar 10 MW grid connection at Bilsham | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 4.3 km |
| Solar 3 MW grid connection at Bilsham | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 5.2 km |
| South Bersted Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.4 km |
| Argyle Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.4 km |
| IBM Horsham | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| SSE data center, Havant | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 36 km |
Operators and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
More from Rampion Extension Development Limited
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.