Dogger Bank A
The world's largest offshore wind farm. Dogger Bank A is a 520 MW wind farm in North East England, operated by SSE Group and Equinor. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- North East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 520 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind
- Operator
- SSE Group and Equinor
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- Coordinates
- 54.8160, 0.6442
- Turbines
- 95
- Turbine model
- GE Haliade-X 13MW
- Turbine height m
- 260
- Blade length m
- 107
- Distance from shore km
- 130
- Water depth m
- 30
Location
Map position from the published coordinates. For small sites this can be an approximate point rather than the exact boundary. Map Β© OpenStreetMap contributors.
How Dogger Bank A compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 26% of the maximum possible output), a 520 MW station would generate roughly 1,184 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 438,650 homes at 2,700 kWh each. This is an illustrative estimate, not the station's metered output: real generation varies with weather, availability and grid constraints.
Wind farms turn the kinetic energy of the wind into electricity with turbines. Output varies with wind speed. Offshore sites usually see stronger, steadier winds than onshore sites and so generate more per MW of capacity.
All UK wind farms Wind farms in North East All run by SSE Group and EquinorAbout Dogger Bank A
History
Construction of Dogger Bank A began in 2020 with first power delivered in October 2023. The project uses GE Haliade-X 13MW turbines β among the most powerful in commercial operation. The wind farm sits on a shallow sandbank that was dry land during the last ice age.
Did you know?
- Each turbine blade is longer than a football pitch
- One rotation powers a UK home for two days
- Turbines are taller than the Gherkin in London
- Dogger Bank was dry land 8,000 years ago
Nearby generating sites
- Lissett Airfield Β· 30 MW onshore wind farm108.3 km
- Teesside Β· 62 MW offshore wind farm113.3 km
- Guisborough Β· 5 MW solar farm114.4 km
- Woodhouse PV Β· 4.88 MW solar farm114.9 km
- Wilton 11 Β· 49 MW energy-from-waste plant115.3 km
- Wilton International Β· 120 MW gas-fired power station116.0 km
- Westermost Rough Β· 210 MW offshore wind farm116.8 km
- Wilton 10 Biomass Β· 33.3 MW biomass power station116.9 km
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom.
Capacity is installed capacity as published, not current output. Status reflects the source date, not live operation.
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Last checked by Octary: 15 July 2026
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