Power plant · Wales, United Kingdom
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.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Wales (Wales) | 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 | Irish Sea | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 30km offshore in the Irish Sea, FY5 | 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 DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 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 date | 4 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 date | 22 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 date | 22 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 date | 4 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 date | 4 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 |
| Operator | Mona Offshore Wind Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BP 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 |
| Operator | ENBW 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 |
| Capacity | 1,500 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,500 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 96 units (15.6 MW per unit) | 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 DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 45,223 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.8087, -4.0364 | 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.
Request researchLatest 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.
- Sold (1,500 MW, to JERA Nex bp (JNbp), dated by the press release) · source
- Acquired (1,500 MW, from EnBW, dated by the press release) · source
- New site secured (1,500 MW, with The Crown Estate, dated by the press release) · source
- Permit granted (1,500 MW, by Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, dated by the press release) · source
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010137) · source
- Permit granted (by Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, dated by the press release) · source
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010137)
- 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 source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mona Offshore Wind Farm | asset:pins-nsip:en010137 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Mona Offshore Wind Farm | asset:repd:10918 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | Same name, technology and capacity |
| Mona Offshore Wind Farm | asset:neso-tec:pro-001391 | NESO TEC Register | Same 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.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 1st of 157 | 16,088 MW | 9.3% |
| United Kingdom | 21st of 2,548 | 278,868 MW | 0.54% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 35th of 5,799 | 656,876 MW | 0.23% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 1 grid connection (183 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walney 2 Offshore Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 183 MW | Operating | 43 km |
Operators and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Data on this page
- 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Owner groups' press releases. Owner groups' press releases, Facts only, each linked to its release.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.