Offshore wind · United Kingdom
North Hoyle
Operational60 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 23 August 2017
The site
- Technology
- Offshore wind
- Capacity
- 60 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Operator or applicant
- Greencoat (formerly Npower Renewables)
- Location
- 7.5km Prestatyn & Rhyl, Offshore, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- DECC (S36)
- First operating
- 2003
- Turbines
- 30
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Timeline
- 5 April 2001 Planning application submitted
- 31 July 2002 Planning permission granted
- 3 April 2003 Construction started
- 1 December 2003 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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