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Wind farms/Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Scheme
Operationaloffshore · REPD 2490

Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Scheme

Gunfleet Sands 4 miles offshore from Holland-on-Sea Nr Clacton-on-Sea Essex, Offshore, Offshore, England

Primary source
Capacity108 MW
Turbines30
Per turbine3.6 MW
Max heightNot recorded
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Project overview

Core identity and development data from the current public snapshot.

Development status
Operational
Technology
Offshore wind
Country
England
Region
Offshore
Site address
Gunfleet Sands 4 miles offshore from Holland-on-Sea Nr Clacton-on-Sea Essex
Latitude
51.730818
Longitude
1.218012
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Companies

The source field combines operator and applicant roles; further entity resolution is planned.

Applicant or operatorOrsted (formerly Dong Energy)
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Planning

Planning authority, reference and recorded milestones.

Planning authority
DECC (S36)
Application reference
Not recorded
Application submitted
1 Mar 2002
Permission granted
1 Mar 2004

Project timeline

Became operational

Construction commenced

Planning permission granted

Planning application submitted

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Generation & performance

Measured values will only appear after the project-to-BM-unit match is reviewed.

Measured generation unavailable

This project has not yet been linked to a verified Elexon BM unit. We do not estimate generation or capacity factor in the beta.

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Sources & provenance

Trace every published field back to its current evidence.

Primary sourceRenewable Energy Planning Database

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · July 2026

Record updated1 May 2018
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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