Offshore wind · United Kingdom
Blyth Offshore Wind Test Site
Operational41.5 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 4 July 2018
The site
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 41.5 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- EDF Energy Renewables
- Location
- between 1.8km and 13.8km off the east coast of Blyth in Northumberland, Offshore, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Marine Management Organisation
- First operating
- 2017
- Turbines
- 5
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Timeline
- 1 March 2012 Planning application submitted
- 8 November 2013 Planning permission granted
- 22 October 2016 Construction started
- 22 October 2017 Operational
Incidents on the register at this site
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Incidents at offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
The register holds 54 incidents at offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom, 22 of them fires, and 297 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.
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