Offshore wind · United Kingdom
Hornsea 3
Under Construction2955 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 8 June 2026
The site
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 2955 MW
- Status
- Under Construction
- Operator or applicant
- Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)
- Location
- 120km Offshore from Cromer, Offshore, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning application
- EN010080
- Turbines
- 231
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Timeline
- 14 May 2018 Planning application submitted
- 30 December 2020 Planning permission granted
- 1 April 2025 Construction started
- 13 December 2027 Planning permission expired
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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