Offshore wind · United Kingdom
Hornsea 4
Awaiting Construction2400 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 7 May 2025
The site
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 2400 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)
- Location
- 69km offshore from Flamborough, Offshore, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning application
- EN010098
- Turbines
- 180
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Timeline
- 29 September 2021 Planning application submitted
- 12 July 2023 Planning permission granted
- 12 July 2030 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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