Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Scheme

30 turbines · operational · Offshore

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionOffshore
Turbines30
Installed capacity108 MW
Turbine capacity3.6 MW
Tip heightnot recorded
Operator (or applicant)Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)
Turbine manufacturerSiemens Gamesa
Turbine modelSWT-3.6-107

♻️ Project timeline

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

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Project timeline Application submitted March 2002 Permission granted March 2004 Under construction April 2009 Operational July 2009

From application to operation, this scheme took about 7 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 2490.

What the register tells us

The application was determined in about 24 months. Construction to first power took about 3 months. The scheme has been operating for about 17 years. That works out at 3.6 MW per turbine on average.

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