List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea

This is a complete 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 September 2010. 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. The Wind Farm part is implied and hence removed for clarity.

The list is sorted by capacity, but it can be sorted in any way by clicking the symbol >< at the top in each column.

Wind farm Cap.
(MW)		 Turbines Where When Build
Cost		 Cap.
fac.		 Depth
range (m)		 km to
shore		 Country Owner Refs.
Thanet 300 100 × Vestas V90-3.0MW 2010 £780-900m 20-25 11  United Kingdom Vattenfall [w 1] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Horns Rev II 209 91 × Siemens SWP 2.3-93 2009 €470m 45% 9-17 32  Denmark DONG [w 2] [7] [8]
Lynn and Inner Dowsing 194 54 × Siemens SWP 3.6-107 2009 £300m 37% 6-11 5  United Kingdom 50% Centrica, 50% TCW [w 3] [9] [4] [10] [11]p119
Gunfleet Sands 172 48 × Siemens SWP 3.6-107 2010 £300m 2-15 7  United Kingdom DONG [w 4] [4] [1] [12]
Horns Rev I 160 80 × Vestas V80-2MW 2002 €272m 39% 10-20 18  Denmark Vattenfall 60%, DONG 40% [w 5] [1] [13] [14][2][15] [8]
Princess Amalia 120 60 × Vestas V80-2MW 2008 €350m 19-24 26  Netherlands Eneco Energie [w 6] [16] [17]
OWEZ 108 36 × Vestas V90-3MW 2008 €200m 15-18 13  Netherlands Nuon, Shell [w 7] [18] [19]
Kentish Flats 90 30 × Vestas V90-3.0MW 2005 £121.5m 30% 3-5 10  United Kingdom Vattenfall [w 8] [4] [1] [20] [11]p69
Scroby Sands 60 30 × Vestas V80-2MW 2004 £75.5m 26-32% 0-8 2.5  United Kingdom E.ON [w 9] [21] [4] [1] [22] [11]p53
Alpha Ventus 60 6 × Multibrid M5000,
6 × REpower 5M		 2010 €250m 28 56  Germany EWE 47.5%, E.ON 26.25%,
Vattenfall 26.25%		 [w 10] [23] [24]
Thorntonbank 30 6 × REpower 5M 2009 €150m 13-19 27  Belgium C-Power [w 11] [1] [25] [26] [27]
Beatrice 10 2 × REpower 5M 2007 £35m 20% 45 23  United Kingdom SSE and Talisman Energy [w 12] [4] [1] [28] [11]p11
Hywind 2.3 1 × Siemens SWP 2.3-82 2009 NOK 400m 220 10  Norway Statoil [w 13] [1] [29]

"Cap." is the rated nameplate capacity of the wind farm
"When" is the year when the windfarm was 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
Beatrice

Windfarm home pages

  1. ^ Thanet
  2. ^ Horns Rev II turbines
  3. ^ Lynn and Inner Dowsing
  4. ^ Gunfleet Sands
  5. ^ Horns Rev 1 Vattenfall Horns Rev 1
  6. ^ Princess Amalia (Q7)
  7. ^ OWEZ
  8. ^ Kentish Flats
  9. ^ Scroby Sands
  10. ^ Alpha Ventus
  11. ^ Thorntonbank
  12. ^ Beatrice
  13. ^ Hywind

See also

Energy portal
Europe portal
Sustainable development portal

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Operational offshore wind farms in Europe, end 2009 EWEA. Retrieved: 23 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b Steve Kopits and Adam Westwood. Offshore Wind: Time for a Market Take-off? Renewable Energy World, 8 October 2009, Table 1.
  3. ^ Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, Kent, United Kingdom Power Technology. Retrieved: 29 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f RenewableUK operational wind farm List
  5. ^ O'Toole, Sarah. World’s biggest offshore wind farm opens today Global Energy Magazine, 23 September 2010. Retrieved: 29 September 2010.
  6. ^ Thanet Offshore Wind Farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 24 September 2010.
  7. ^ Horns Rev 2 (Denmark) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 30 July 2010.
  8. ^ a b Spliid, Iben B. Data on operating and decommisioned wind turbines (as at end of September 2010) (.xls spreadsheet) Danish Energy Agency, 18 October 2010. Main page Retrieved: 25 October 2010.
  9. ^ Lynn and Inner Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Power Technology. Retrieved: 25 October 2010.
  10. ^ Lynn Inner Dowsing offshore wind farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 25 October 2010.
  11. ^ a b c d Dunford et al. UK Renewable Energy Data, Issue 10 Renewable Energy Foundation, 29 July 2010. Accessed: 30 September 2011.
  12. ^ Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  13. ^ Horns Rev I Offshore Wind Farm, Denmark Power Technology. Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  14. ^ Horns Rev 1 (Denmark) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 30 July 2010.
  15. ^ Horns Revolution, Modern Power Systems, 2002-10-05, accessed 2010-04-14.
  16. ^ Princess Amalia Offshore Wind Farm, Netherlands Power Technology. Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  17. ^ Princess Amalia (Netherlands) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 24 August 2010.
  18. ^ Egmond an Zee Offshore Wind Farm, Netherlands Power Technology. Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  19. ^ OWEZ (Netherlands) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 24 August 2010.
  20. ^ Kentish Flats offshore wind farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  21. ^ Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm, Kent, United Kingdom Power Technology. Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  22. ^ Scroby Sands offshore wind farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  23. ^ Alpha Ventus Offshore Wind Farm, Germany Power Technology. Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  24. ^ Alpha Ventus (Germany) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 19 August 2010.
  25. ^ Thorntonbank (Belgium) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  26. ^ REpower turbines to Thornton Bank offshore wind farm expansion Renewable Energy Focus, 26 November 2010. Accessed: 13 October 2011.
  27. ^ Thornton Bank Offshore Project Officially Commissioned Renewable Energy World, 2 July 2009. Accessed: 13 October 2011.
  28. ^ Beatrice offshore wind farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
  29. ^ Hywind (Norway) offshore wind turbine 4C . Retrieved: 27 October 2010.
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