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Wind farms/Walney 3
Operationaloffshore · July 2026 REPD 2533

Walney 3

14km off Walney Island, Irish Sea, Offshore, Offshore, England

Primary source
Capacity659 MW
Turbines110
Per turbine6 MW
Max height222 m
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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
14km off Walney Island, Irish Sea
Latitude
54.089995
Longitude
-3.740011
Turbine manufacturer
Vestas / Siemens Gamesa
Turbine model
V164-8.0 MW, SWT-7.0-154

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.

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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
DECC (S36)
Application reference
Not recorded
Application submitted
30 Jul 2013
Permission granted
7 Nov 2014

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 updated4 Jun 2020
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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