Gunfleet Sands - (Demo) Extension

2 turbines · operational · Offshore

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionOffshore
Turbines2
Installed capacity12 MW
Turbine capacity6 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)
Turbine manufacturerSiemens Gamesa
Turbine modelSWT-6.0-120

♻️ Project timeline

Dated milestones from the UK Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Q2 2026 — not estimates.

2011 2012 2013 2014 Project timeline Permission granted April 2012 Under construction May 2012 Operational April 2013

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 2488.

What the register tells us

Construction to first power took about 11 months. The scheme has been operating for about 13 years. That works out at 6 MW per turbine on average.

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