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Mona Offshore Wind Farm

Mona Offshore Wind Farm is a permitted wind power plant in Wales, United Kingdom, with 1,500 MW of capacity, operated by Mona Offshore Wind Limited, BP Oil UK Limited and ENBW 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.

FactValueSource
LocationWales (Wales)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationEnglandDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
LocationUnited KingdomNESO TEC Register · NESO Open Data Licence v1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
AddressIrish SeaPlanning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address30km offshore in the Irish Sea, FY5DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPermitted (post-decision, granted)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
StatusPermitted (planning permission granted)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Onshore or offshoreOffshorePlanning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date4 Jul 2025 (permit EN010137, 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 date4 Jul 2025 (permit EN010137, 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 date22 Feb 2024 (reference EN010137, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date22 Feb 2024 (reference EN010137, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date4 Jul 2025 (granted, reference EN010137, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date4 Jul 2025 (granted, reference EN010137, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorMona Offshore Wind Limited (applicant)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorBP Oil UK Limited (BP Oil UK Limited / ENBW UK Limited, applicant)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
OperatorENBW UK Limited (BP Oil UK Limited / ENBW UK Limited, applicant)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity1,500 MW (description)Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity1,500 MWDESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units96 units (15.6 MW per unit)DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
TechnologyWind OffshorePlanning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Area45,223 ha (application boundary)planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026
Coordinates53.8087, -4.0364Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first: the latest 8 of 9. All recent changes.

  1. Sold (1,500 MW, to JERA Nex bp (JNbp), dated by the press release) · source
  2. Acquired (1,500 MW, from EnBW, dated by the press release) · source
  3. New site secured (1,500 MW, with The Crown Estate, dated by the press release) · source
  4. Permit granted (1,500 MW, by Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, dated by the press release) · source
  5. Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010137) · source
  6. Permit granted (by Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, dated by the press release) · source
  7. Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010137)
  8. Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010137)

Also recorded as

3 sources record Mona 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 sourceIdentifierSourceMatched on
Mona Offshore Wind Farmasset:pins-nsip:en010137Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects—
Mona Offshore Wind Farmasset:repd:10918DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD)Same name, technology and capacity
Mona Offshore Wind Farmasset:neso-tec:pro-001391NESO TEC RegisterSame name, technology, capacity and company

How it compares

Mona Offshore Wind Farm is the largest of 157 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 21st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,500 MW is 0.54% of the 278,868 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.

WithinRankTotalShare
Wales1st of 15716,088 MW9.3%
United Kingdom21st of 2,548278,868 MW0.54%
All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data35th of 5,799656,876 MW0.23%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 grid connection (183 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

NameKindSizeStatusDistance
Walney 2 Offshore Wind Farm grid connectionGrid connection183 MWOperating43 km

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