List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea

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This is a list of operational, offshore wind farms in the North Sea.

This information is gathered from multiple Internet sources,[1][2] and primarily the 4C Offshore's Global Offshore Wind Farm Map and Database and is current up to July 2015. The name of the Wind Farm is the name used by the Energy Company when referring to the Farm and is usually related to a shoal or the name of the nearest town on shore.

Operational wind farms[]

The list can be sorted by clicking the triangle symbols at the top of each column.

Wind farm Country Location Cap.
(MW) 		Turbines Commissioned Build
Cost 		Cap.
fac. 		Depth
range (m) 		km to
shore 		Owner Refs.


Alpha Ventus  Germany 54°1′0″N 6°36′0″E / 54.01667°N 6.60000°E / 54.01667; 6.60000 (Alpha Ventus 60 MW) 60 6 × Multibrid M5000,
6 × REpower 5M 		2010 €250 million 28 56 EWE 47.5%
E.ON 26.25%
Vattenfall 26.25% 		[w 1][3][4]
Amrumbank West  Germany 54°26′00″N 7°41′0″E / 54.43333°N 7.68333°E / 54.43333; 7.68333 (Amrumbank West 302 MW) 302 80 × Siemens SWT-3.6-120 2015 20-25 40 Amrumbank West GmbH
 Germany 53°58′01″N 6°33′14″E / 53.96694°N 6.55389°E / 53.96694; 6.55389 (Borkum Riffgrund I 312 MW) 312 78 × Siemens SWT-4.0-120 2015 €1.25 billion 23-29 55 Ørsted, Kirkbi, Oticon [w 2]
BARD Offshore 1  Germany 54°21′18″N 5°58′48″E / 54.35500°N 5.98000°E / 54.35500; 5.98000 (BARD Offshore 1 400 MW) 400 80 × BARD 5.0 2013 €2,900 million 40 100 Ocean Breeze Energy [w 3][5]
Beatrice  United Kingdom 58°06′20″N 03°05′35″W / 58.10556°N 3.09306°W / 58.10556; -3.09306 (Beatrice 10MW) 10 2 × REpower 5M 2007 £35 million 20% 45 23 SSE and Talisman Energy [w 4] [1][6][7][8]p11
Belwind  Belgium 51°39′36″N 02°48′0″E / 51.66000°N 2.80000°E / 51.66000; 2.80000 (Belwind 165MW) 165 55 × Vestas V90-3.0MW 2010 €614 million 46 Parkwind [w 5][9][10]
 Germany 53°58′01″N 6°33′14″E / 53.96694°N 6.55389°E / 53.96694; 6.55389 (Borkum Riffgrund I 312 MW) 312 78 × Siemens SWT-4.0-120 2015 €1.25 billion 23-29 55 Ørsted, Kirkbi, Oticon [w 6]
Blyth Offshore  United Kingdom 55°08′09″N 01°29′25″W / 55.13583°N 1.49028°W / 55.13583; -1.49028 (Blyth Offshore 4 MW) 4 2 × Vestas V66-2MW 2000 £4 million 6-11 1.6 E.ON [w 7]
 Germany 55°01′08″N 7°46′26″E / 55.01889°N 7.77389°E / 55.01889; 7.77389 (Butendiek 288 MW) 288 80 × Siemens SWT-3.6 2015 35 WPD Nordsee Offshore GmbH [w 8]
DanTysk  Germany 55°8′24″N 7°12′0″E / 55.14000°N 7.20000°E / 55.14000; 7.20000 (DanTysk 288 MW) 288 80 × Siemens SWP-3.6-120 2015 $900 million 21-31 70 Vattenfall
Stadtwerke München 		[w 9][11]
Dudgeon  United Kingdom 53°15′00″N 1°23′0″E / 53.25000°N 1.38333°E / 53.25000; 1.38333 (Dudgeon 402 MW) 402 67 × Siemens SWT-6.0-154 2017 £1.5bn 32 Equinor
Statkraft 		[w 10]
Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ)  Netherlands 52°36′22″N 4°25′8″E / 52.60611°N 4.41889°E / 52.60611; 4.41889 (Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ) 108MW) 108 36 × Vestas V90-3MW 2008 €200 million 15-18 13 Nuon, Shell [w 11][12][13]
 Netherlands 52°24′18″N 4°09′43″E / 52.40500°N 4.16194°E / 52.40500; 4.16194 (Eneco Luchterduinen 129 MW) 129 43 × Vestas V112/3000 2015 €450 million 18-24 24 Eneco, Mitsubishi [w 12][14]
Gemini
BuitenGaats & ZeeEnergie 		 Netherlands 54°2′10″N 5°57′47″E / 54.03611°N 5.96306°E / 54.03611; 5.96306 (Gemini
BuitenGaats & ZeeEnergie 600 MW) 		600 150 × Siemens SWT-4.0 2017 €2.8 billion 55 Northland Power, Siemens, Van Oord, HVC NV [w 13]
 Germany 54°15′43″N 6°24′38″E / 54.26194°N 6.41056°E / 54.26194; 6.41056 (Global Tech I 400 MW) 400 80 × Multibrid M5000 2015 €1.8 billion 39-41 110 Wetfeet Offshore Windenergy [w 14]
Gode Wind 1 & 2  Germany 54°03′00″N 07°01′00″E / 54.05000°N 7.01667°E / 54.05000; 7.01667 (Gode Wind 1 & 2 582MW) 582 97 × Siemens SWT-6.0-154 2016 €2.2 billion 30 42 Ørsted [15]
Greater Gabbard  United Kingdom 51°56′0″N 1°53′0″E / 51.93333°N 1.88333°E / 51.93333; 1.88333 (Greater Gabbard 504 MW) 504 140 × Siemens SWT-3.6-107 2012 £1,500 million 20-32 23 SSE Renewables [w 15]
Gunfleet Sands 1 & 2  United Kingdom 51°43′0″N 01°12′50″E / 51.71667°N 1.21389°E / 51.71667; 1.21389 (Gunfleet Sands 1 & 2 172MW) 172 48 × Siemens SWP-3.6-107 2010 £300 million 2-15 7 Ørsted [w 16] [1][6][16]
Horns Rev I  Denmark 55°31′47″N 7°54′22″E / 55.52972°N 7.90611°E / 55.52972; 7.90611 (Horns Rev I 160 MW) 160 80 × Vestas V80-2MW 2002 €272 million 39% 10-20 18 Vattenfall 60%
Ørsted 40% 		[w 17][1][17][2][18][19][20]
Horns Rev II  Denmark 55°36′00″N 7°35′24″E / 55.60000°N 7.59000°E / 55.60000; 7.59000 (Horns Rev II 209 MW) 209 91 × Siemens SWP-2.3-93 2009 €470 million 45% 9-17 32 Ørsted [w 18][21][19]
Horns Rev III  Denmark 55°42′00″N 7°41′20″E / 55.70000°N 7.68889°E / 55.70000; 7.68889 406.7 49 x MHIVestas V164-8.3MW 2019 10-20 30 Vattenfall [w 19][22][23][24][25]
Humber Gateway  United Kingdom 53°38′38″N 0°17′35″E / 53.64389°N 0.29306°E / 53.64389; 0.29306 (Humber Gateway 219 MW) 219 73 × Vestas V112-3.0 2015 €900 million 10-18 10 E.ON [w 20]
Hywind  Norway 59°08′24″N 05°01′55″E / 59.14000°N 5.03194°E / 59.14000; 5.03194 (Hywind 2.3MW) 2.3 1 × Siemens SWP-2.3-82 2009 NOK 400 million 220 10 Equinor [w 21][1][26]
Hywind  Scotland 57°29′N 01°21′W / 57.483°N 1.350°W / 57.483; -1.350 (Hywind 30MW) 30 5 × Siemens SWP-6.0-154 2017 NOK2 billion (£152m) 50 29 Equinor (75%)
Masdar (25%) 		[w 22][1][26]
Kentish Flats  United Kingdom 51°27′36″N 01°05′24″E / 51.46000°N 1.09000°E / 51.46000; 1.09000 (Kentish Flats 90MW) 90 30 × Vestas V90-3.0MW 2005 £121.5 million 30% 3-5 10 Vattenfall [w 23] [1][6][7][27]p69
Lincs  United Kingdom 53°11′0″N 0°29′0″E / 53.18333°N 0.48333°E / 53.18333; 0.48333 (Lincs 270 MW) 270 75 × Siemens SWT-3.6-120 2013 £1,000 million 10-15 8 Centrica, Siemens, Ørsted [w 24][6][28][29][30]
London Array  United Kingdom 51°38′38″N 1°33′13″E / 51.64389°N 1.55361°E / 51.64389; 1.55361 (London Array 630 MW) 630 175 × Siemens SWT-3.6 2013 £1,800 million 0-25 20 Ørsted, E.ON UK Renewables, Masdar [w 25]
Lynn and Inner Dowsing  United Kingdom 53°07′39″N 0°26′10″E / 53.12750°N 0.43611°E / 53.12750; 0.43611 (Lynn and Inner Dowsing 194MW) 194 54 × Siemens SWP-3.6-107 2009 £300 million 37% 6-11 5 Centrica 50%
TCW 50% 		[w 26][6][31][32][7]p119
 Germany 54°23′0″N 7°41′0″E / 54.38333°N 7.68333°E / 54.38333; 7.68333 (Meerwind Süd/Ost 288 MW) 288 80 × Siemens SWT-3.6-120 2014 €1,300 million 22-26 53 WindMW GmbH. [w 27][33]
Nordsee Ost  Germany 54°26′00″N 7°41′0″E / 54.43333°N 7.68333°E / 54.43333; 7.68333 (Nordsee Ost 295 MW) 295 48 × Senvion 6.2M126 2015 25 55 RWE Innogy [w 28]
 [nl]  Belgium 51°37′08″N 02°54′00″E / 51.61889°N 2.90000°E / 51.61889; 2.90000 (Northwind 216 MW) 216 72 × Vestas V90-3.0 2014 €850 million 16-29 37 Parkwind [w 29][34]
Princess Amalia  Netherlands 52°35′24″N 4°13′12″E / 52.59000°N 4.22000°E / 52.59000; 4.22000 (Princess Amalia 120MW) 120 60 × Vestas V80-2MW 2008 €350 million 19-24 26 Eneco Energie [w 30][35][36]
Riffgat  Germany 53°41′24″N 6°28′48″E / 53.69000°N 6.48000°E / 53.69000; 6.48000 (Riffgat 113MW) 113 30 × Siemens SWT-3.6-120 2014 €480 million 16-24 15-42 ENOVA, EWE [w 31][37][38]
Sandbank  Germany 55°11′30″N 06°51′30″E / 55.19167°N 6.85833°E / 55.19167; 6.85833 (Sandbank 288MW) 288 72 × Siemens SWT-4.0-130 2017 €1.2 billion 24-34 90 Vattenfall [w 32]
Scroby Sands  United Kingdom 52°38′0″N 1°47′0″E / 52.63333°N 1.78333°E / 52.63333; 1.78333 (Scroby Sands 60MW) 60 30 × Vestas V80-2MW 2004 £75.5m 26-32% 0-8 2.5 E.ON [w 33][1][39][6][40][7]p53
Sheringham Shoal  United Kingdom 53°07′0″N 1°08′0″E / 53.11667°N 1.13333°E / 53.11667; 1.13333 (Sheringham Shoal 317 MW) 317 88 × Siemens SWT-3.6-107 2012 £1,100 million 12-24 17 Equinor 50%
Statkraft 50% 		[w 34]
Teesside  United Kingdom 54°38′50″N 1°05′40″W / 54.64722°N 1.09444°W / 54.64722; -1.09444 (Teesside 62 MW) 62 27 × Siemens SWT-2.3 2013 £200 million 7-15 1.5 EDF-EN
Thanet  United Kingdom 51°26′0″N 1°38′0″E / 51.43333°N 1.63333°E / 51.43333; 1.63333 (Thanet 300 MW) 300 100 × Vestas V90-3.0MW 2010 £780-900 million 20-25 11 Vattenfall [w 35][41][6][42][43]
Thorntonbank  Belgium 51°38′39″N 2°55′38″E / 51.64417°N 2.92722°E / 51.64417; 2.92722 (Thorntonbank 325.2 MW) 325.2 6 × REpower 5M,
48 × Senvion 6M 		2013 €1,100 million 13-19 27 C-Power [w 36][1][44]
Trianel Windpark Borkum (phase 1)  Germany 54°2′30″N 6°28′0″E / 54.04167°N 6.46667°E / 54.04167; 6.46667 (Trianel Windpark Borkum (phase 1) 200 MW) 200 40 × Areva M5000-116 2015 €900 million 28-33 45 Trianel [w 37]
Veja Mate  Germany 54°19′00″N 5°52′0″E / 54.31667°N 5.86667°E / 54.31667; 5.86667 (Veja Mate 402 MW) 402 67 × Siemens SWT-6.0-154 2017 €1.9 billion 45.4% (projected) 41 95 Highland Group Holdings Ltd, Siemens Financial Services, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners [45]
Westermost Rough  United Kingdom 53°48′18″N 0°08′56″E / 53.80500°N 0.14889°E / 53.80500; 0.14889 (Westermost Rough 210 MW) 210 35 × Siemens SWT-6.0 2015 €1,000 million 10-25 8 Ørsted [w 38]


  • "Cap." is the rated nameplate capacity of the wind farm
  • "Commissioned" is the year when the windfarm was or will be commissioned and put into service.
  • "Cost" is the total capital cost of the project up to commissioning.
  • "Cap. Fac." is the average capacity factor, i.e. the average power generated by the windfarm, as a percentage of its nameplate capacity.
  • "km to shore" is the average distance of the windfarm to shore, or (where available) the distance from the in-farm transformer/substation to the shore
  • "Depth range (m)" is the range of minimum to maximum depths of water that the windfarm is sited in
  • "Refs" cite the source references for the information. The [w ...] footnotes link to each windfarm's own home page
List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea is located in North Sea
Alpha Ventus
Alpha Ventus
Amrumbank West
Amrumbank West
BARD Offshore 1
BARD Offshore 1
Beatrice
Beatrice
Belwind
Belwind
Blyth
Blyth
Borkum Riffgrund I
Borkum Riffgrund I
Butendiek
Butendiek
DanTysk
DanTysk
Dudgeon
Dudgeon
Egmond aan Zee
Egmond aan Zee
Eneco Luchterduinen
Eneco Luchterduinen
Gemini
Gemini
Global Tech I
Global Tech I
Gode Wind 1 & 2
Gode Wind 1 & 2
Greater Gabbard
Greater Gabbard
Gunfleet Sands
Gunfleet Sands
Horns Rev I
Horns Rev I
Horns Rev II
Horns Rev II
Humber Gateway
Humber Gateway
Hywind
Hywind
Kentish Flats
Kentish Flats
Lincs
Lincs
London Array
London Array
Lynn and Inner Dowsing
Lynn and Inner Dowsing
Meerwind Süd/Ost
Meerwind Süd/Ost
Nordsee Ost
Nordsee Ost
Northwind
Northwind
Princess Amalia
Princess Amalia
Riffgat
Riffgat
Sandbank
Sandbank
Scroby Sands
Scroby Sands
Sheringham Shoal
Sheringham Shoal
Teesside
Teesside
Thanet
Thanet
Thorntonbank
Thorntonbank
Trianel Windpark Borkum
Trianel Windpark Borkum
Westermost Rough
Westermost Rough
Locations of offshore wind farms in the North Sea

Windfarm home pages[]

  1. ^ Alpha Ventus
  2. ^ Borkum Riffgrund 1
  3. ^ BARD Engineering Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Beatrice
  5. ^ "Belwind". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  6. ^ Borkum Riffgrund 1
  7. ^ "Blyth". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  8. ^ "Offshore wind farm Butendiek". Archived from the original on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  9. ^ DanTysk
  10. ^ Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm
  11. ^ OWEZ Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ Eneco project Luchterduinen
  13. ^ Gemini Wind Farm
  14. ^ Project - Global Tech I
  15. ^ SSE wind farm Project Website Archived 2011-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Gunfleet Sands Archived 2010-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Horns Rev 1 Archived 2010-11-21 at the Wayback Machine Vattenfall Horns Rev 1 Archived 2010-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Horns Rev II turbines Archived 2012-05-27 at archive.today
  19. ^ Horns Rev III
  20. ^ umber Gateway
  21. ^ "Hywind". Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  22. ^ "Hywind". Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  23. ^ Kentish Flats
  24. ^ "Thanet". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  25. ^ London Array
  26. ^ "Lynn and Inner Dowsing". Archived from the original on 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  27. ^ Meerwind Süd/Ost
  28. ^ Nordsee Ost Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
  29. ^ Northwind Energy
  30. ^ "Princess Amalia (Q7)". Archived from the original on 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  31. ^ Riffgat
  32. ^ "Sandbank offshore wind farm". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  33. ^ Scroby Sands
  34. ^ SCIRA - Sheringham Shoal
  35. ^ "Thanet". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-10-28.
  36. ^ C-Power offshore windfarm
  37. ^ Trianel wind farm Borkum
  38. ^ Westermost Rough

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Operational offshore wind farms in Europe, end 2009 EWEA. Retrieved: 23 October 2010.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Steve Kopits and Adam Westwood. Offshore Wind: Time for a Market Take-off? Renewable Energy World, 8 October 2009, Table 1.
  3. ^ Alpha Ventus Offshore Wind Farm, Germany Power Technology. Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  4. ^ Alpha Ventus (Germany) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 19 August 2010.
  5. ^ BARD Offshore 1 (Germany) wind farm 4C. Retrieved: 17 February 2015.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g RenewableUK operational wind farm List Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Dunford et al. UK Renewable Energy Data, Issue 10 Renewable Energy Foundation, 29 July 2010. Accessed: 30 September 2011.
  8. ^ Beatrice offshore wind farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  9. ^ Belwind (Belgium) 4C . Retrieved: January 2015.
  10. ^ LORC - Belwind Datasheet
  11. ^ Name (Country) offshore wind farm Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine 4C . Retrieved: 8 August 2010.
  12. ^ Egmond an Zee Offshore Wind Farm, Netherlands Power Technology. Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  13. ^ OWEZ (Netherlands) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 24 August 2010.
  14. ^ NOS Opening derde windpark op zee, accessed 16 January 2017
  15. ^ Gode Wind 1 and 2 4C.
  16. ^ Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  17. ^ Horns Rev I Offshore Wind Farm, Denmark Power Technology. Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  18. ^ Horns Rev 1 (Denmark) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 30 July 2010.
  19. ^ Jump up to: a b Spliid, Iben B. Data on operating and decommissioned wind turbines (as at end of September 2010) Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine (.xls spreadsheet) Danish Energy Agency, 18 October 2010. Main page Archived 2013-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 25 October 2010.
  20. ^ Horns Revolution Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Modern Power Systems, 2002-10-05, accessed 2010-04-14.
  21. ^ Horns Rev 2 (Denmark) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 30 July 2010.
  22. ^ Horns Rev 3 (Denmark) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 29 October 2015.
  23. ^ Wittrup, Sanne. "Svenske Vattenfall skal bygge Danmarks næste havmøllepark Archived 2015-02-26 at the Wayback Machine " Ingeniøren, 26 February 2015. Accessed: 26 February 2015.
  24. ^ Vattenfall choose MHI Vestas Offshore Wind as supplier to Horns Rev 3 Vattenfall
  25. ^ Intense competition for Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm
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  27. ^ Kentish Flats offshore wind farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  28. ^ Lincs offshore wind farm: mission complete, Centrica, 27 September 2013, archived from the original on 8 December 2014, retrieved 5 January 2015
  29. ^ Lincs Offshore Wind Farm, United Kingdom Power Technology. Retrieved: January 2015.
  30. ^ Lincs Offshore Wind Farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: January 2015.
  31. ^ Lynn and Inner Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Power Technology. Retrieved: 25 October 2010.
  32. ^ Lynn Inner Dowsing offshore wind farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 25 October 2010.
  33. ^ Meerwind Süd/Ost (Germany) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 14 December 2014.
  34. ^ Northwind 4C . Retrieved: 10 February 2015.
  35. ^ Princess Amalia Offshore Wind Farm, Netherlands Power Technology. Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  36. ^ Princess Amalia (Netherlands) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 24 August 2010.
  37. ^ Offshore-Windpark Riffgat erhält Netzanschluss
  38. ^ Riffgat (Germany) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: January 2015.
  39. ^ Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm, Kent, United Kingdom Power Technology. Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  40. ^ Scroby Sands offshore wind farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  41. ^ Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, Kent, United Kingdom Power Technology. Retrieved: 29 September 2010.
  42. ^ O'Toole, Sarah. World’s biggest offshore wind farm opens today Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine Global Energy Magazine, 23 September 2010. Retrieved: 29 September 2010.
  43. ^ Thanet Offshore Wind Farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 24 September 2010.
  44. ^ Thorntonbank (Belgium) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  45. ^ "Construction complete for 402-MW Veja Mate offshore wind park". Renewables Now. Retrieved 31 May 2017.


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