Power plants

Offshore wind farms in the UK

Rare Context lists 115 offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, with 88,710 MW of capacity between them. The largest is Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea (1,320 MW).

The 100 largest offshore wind farms

Sorted by capacity; plants not built yet come after the others. A plant counts under each technology its register gives it.

Power plant	Region	Owner or operator	Capacity
Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea	England	Ørsted +1	1,320 MW
Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord	England	Ørsted +1	1,218 MW
Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone	England	Npower	1,200 MW
Five Estuaries - Wind Farm	England	RWE Renewables +1	1,080 MW
Seagreen	Scotland	SSE plc +1	1,075 MW
Navitus Bay Wind Park	England	Navitus Bay Development Limited +1	970 MW
Moray East	Scotland	Diamond Green Limited, CTG & Ocean Winds	950 MW
Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project	Scotland	EDPR	882 MW
Triton Knoll	England	Innogy +1	857 MW
East Anglia 1 (EA 1)	England	Scottish Power Renewables +1	714 MW
Walney 3	England	Ørsted	659 MW
London Array Phase 1	England	Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy	630 MW
Beatrice	Scotland	Repsol +2	588 MW
Gwynt y Mor	Wales	RWE Aktiengesellschaft	576 MW
Docking Shoal A	England	Centrica	540 MW
Greater Gabbard Wind Farm	England	Fluor Ltd +1	504 MW
Neart na Gaoithe	Scotland	EDF Renewables Power	450 MW
Dudgeon East	England	Statkraft +1	402 MW
Rampion Offshore Wind Farm (Hastings Zone)	England	Powergen +1	400 MW
West of Duddon Sands	England	Scottish Power Renewables & Orsted	389 MW
Galloper Wind Farm	England	Npower Renewables +1	353 MW
Thanet Extension Offshore Wind Farm	England	Vattenfall Wind Power Limited +1	340 MW
Sheringham Shoal	England	Equinor ASA	317 MW
Thanet	England	Vattenfall	300 MW
Race Bank (Phase 1)	England	Macquarie Group +1	290 MW
Cirrus Shell Flat Array	England	Celtpower	284 MW
Race Bank (Phase 2)	England	Ørsted +1	284 MW
Centrica (Lincs)	England	Ørsted	270 MW
Burbo Bank Extension (Burbo Bank 2)	England	Ørsted +1	258 MW
London Array Phase 2	England	London Array Ltd	240 MW
Humber Gateway A	England	Balfour Beatty Investments and Equitix. +1	219 MW
Westermost Rough A	England	Ørsted	210 MW
Walney 1	England	Ørsted	184 MW
Walney 2	England	Ørsted	184 MW
Ormonde Offshore	England	Vattenfall	150 MW
Cromer	England	EDF	108 MW
Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Scheme	England	Ørsted	108 MW
Scarweather Sands	Wales	Energie 2	108 MW
Inner Dowsing	England	XceCo	97.2 MW
Lynn	England	XceCo	97.2 MW
European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) (Aberdeen Bay - Demonstration site)	Scotland	Vattenfall	96.8 MW
Barrow	England	Ørsted	90 MW
Burbo Bank	England	Ørsted	90 MW
Kentish Flats	England	Vattenfall	90 MW
Rhyl Flats	Wales	RWE Generation	90 MW
Robin Rigg West	Scotland	Powergen	90 MW
Robin Rigg East	Scotland	Powergen	84 MW
Gunfleet Sands II	England	Ørsted	64.8 MW
Teeside Offshore Wind Farm	England	EDF Energy - Northern Offshore Windfarm Ltd	62 MW
North Hoyle	Wales	Greencoat	60 MW
Scroby Sands	England	Powergen	60 MW
Kentish Flats 2	England	Vattenfall +1	49.5 MW
Kincardine Offshore Windfarm	Scotland	Grupo Cobra	49.5 MW
Blyth Offshore Wind Test Site	England	EDF Energy Renewables	41.5 MW
Hywind Scotland Pilot Park (Hywind 2) Demonstrator	Scotland	Equinor ASA	30 MW
Gunfleet Sands - (Demo) Extension	England	Ørsted	12 MW
Beatrice Demonstrator	Scotland	Talisman Energy	10 MW
Levenmouth demonstration turbine (Fife Energy Park)	Scotland	Catapult	7 MW
Blyth Offshore	England	Blyth Harbor Wind Ltd	4 MW
Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm permitted	Scotland	Scottish Southern Energy Renewables	4,100 MW
Ossian permitted	Scotland	Scottish Power Renewables	3,600 MW
Marram planned	Scotland	Scottish Power Renewables +1	3,000 MW
Hornsea 3 under construction	England	Ørsted +1	2,955 MW
Dogger Bank A & B (was Creyke Beck A & B) under construction	England	SSE plc +2	2,400 MW
Dogger Bank Teesside A / Sofia Offshore Wind Farm (formerly Dogger Bank Teesside B) - Project previously known as Dogger Bank Teesside A&B permitted	England	Forewind Limited	2,400 MW
Hornsea 4 permitted	England	Ørsted +1	2,400 MW
Dogger Bank D Wind Farm planned	England	Doggerbank Offshore Wind Farm Project 4 Projco Limited	2,000 MW
Machair planned	Scotland	Scottish Power Renewables	2,000 MW
West of Orkney Wind Farm permitted	Scotland	RIDG +1	2,000 MW
Bellrock planned	Scotland	Nadara	1,800 MW
Norfolk Vanguard permitted	England	Norfolk Vanguard Limited	1,800 MW
Dogger Bank South East permitted	England	Masdar +1	1,500 MW
Dogger Bank South West permitted	England	Masdar +1	1,500 MW
Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm planned	Wales	Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm Limited	1,500 MW
Mona Offshore Wind Farm permitted	England	BP Oil UK Limited +2	1,500 MW
Morgan Offshore Wind Project: Generation Assets permitted	England	Morgan Offshore Wind Limited +2	1,500 MW
Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm permitted	England	TotalEnergies +2	1,500 MW
Morven North Offshore Wind Farm planned	Scotland	ENBW UK Limited +1	1,450 MW
Morven South Offshore Wind Farm planned	Scotland	BP Oil UK Limited +1	1,450 MW
East Anglia 3 (EA 3) under construction	England	Scottish Power Renewables +1	1,400 MW
Sofia (Teesside B) under construction	England	RWE Renewables UK Limited	1,400 MW
The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Boreas under construction	England	RWE Renewables UK Limited +1	1,400 MW
The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard East permitted	England	RWE Renewables UK Limited	1,380 MW
The East Anglia Array - Norfolk Vanguard West permitted	England	RWE Renewables UK Limited	1,380 MW
Cenos Offshore Wind Farm planned	Scotland	Flotation Energy	1,350 MW
Dogger Bank C (was Teesside A) under construction	England	Equinor ASA +1	1,200 MW
Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm permitted	England	Rampion Extension Development Limited +1	1,200 MW
Moray Firth - Caledonia South Offshore Wind Farm planned	Scotland	Ocean Winds	1,100 MW
Inch Cape under construction	Scotland	Red Rock Power	1,080 MW
Cluaran Deas Ear / Ayre Wind Farm (Thistle South East) (NE2) planned	Scotland	Thistle Wind Partners	1,008 MW
Cluaran Ear-Thuath / Bowdun Wind Farm (Thistle North East) (E3) planned	Scotland	Thistle Wind Partners	1,000 MW
Fraserburgh - Buchan Floating Wind Project planned	Scotland	BayWa Aktiengesellschaft	1,000 MW
Muir Mhòr planned	Scotland	Fred. Olsen Seawind & Vattenfall	1,000 MW
North Falls Offshore Wind Farm permitted	England	SSE Renewables +2	1,000 MW
East Anglia TWO Offshore Windfarm permitted	England	East Anglia Two Limited +1	900 MW
Moray Firth - Caledonia North Offshore Wind Farm planned	Scotland	Ocean Winds	900 MW
Spiorad na Mara planned	Scotland	Northland Power	900 MW
East Anglia ONE North Offshore Windfarm permitted	England	East Anglia One North Limited +1	800 MW
Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm permitted	England	DONG Energy Walney Extension Ltd	750 MW
Green Volt - Offshore Wind Farm permitted	Scotland	Flotation Energy +1	560 MW

By region

England72 · 51,393 MW
Scotland36 · 34,383 MW
Wales7 · 2,934 MW

Every offshore wind farm in the United Kingdom, with owners.All 115 in one file, each with its capacity and grid status. We research what the public sources leave out.

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