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Wind farms/Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea
Operationaloffshore · July 2026 REPD 2502

Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea

The Wash, Sutton Bridge, Offshore, Offshore, England

Primary source
Capacity1,320 MW
Turbines165
Per turbine8 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
The Wash, Sutton Bridge
Latitude
53.959998
Longitude
1.539986
Turbine manufacturer
Siemens Gamesa
Turbine model
SG 8.0-167 DD
Rotor diameter
167 m
Hub height
120 m

Turbine make and model from Open European Offshore Wind Turbine Database (EuroWindWakes) (Fischereit, Vollmer and Hansen, EuroWindWakes; includes data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0), matched to this REPD record. See UK wind turbine manufacturers.

02

Companies

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

Applicant or operatorØrsted (formerly DONG Energy)
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Planning

Planning authority, reference and recorded milestones.

Planning authority
The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
Application reference
EN010053
Application submitted
30 Jan 2015
Permission granted
16 Aug 2016

Project timeline

Became operational

Construction commenced

Planning permission granted

Planning application submitted

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Generation & performance

Only reviewed BM-unit mappings and complete settlement periods are reported.

No verified Elexon match yet

We have not published a project-to-BM-unit relationship. Candidate matches never appear as measured generation.

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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 Sept 2022
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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