Offshore wind · United Kingdom
Five Estuaries - Wind Farm
Awaiting Construction1080 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 8 June 2026
The site
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 1080 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- RWE Renewables
- Location
- Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm, Offshore, IP11, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning application
- EN010115
- Turbines
- 79, 370 m to tip
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Timeline
- 17 December 2015 Planning permission expired
- 25 March 2024 Planning application submitted
- 17 December 2025 Planning permission granted
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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