Race Bank (Phase 2)

45 turbines · operational · Offshore

Wind farm facts

StatusOperational
County / regionOffshore
Turbines45
Installed capacity283.5 MW
Turbine capacity6.3 MW
Tip height154 m
Operator (or applicant)Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)/ Macquarie Group
Turbine manufacturerSiemens Gamesa
Turbine modelSWT-6.0-154

♻️ Project timeline

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

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Project timeline Application submitted January 2009 Under construction July 2016 Operational February 2018

From application to operation, this scheme took about 9 years.

Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0. REPD ref 6501.

What the register tells us

Construction to first power took about 19 months. The scheme has been operating for about 8 years. That works out at 6.3 MW per turbine on average.

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