Greater Gabbard
Greater Gabbard is a 504 MW offshore wind farm in East of England, England, operated by SSE Group. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Offshore
- East of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 504 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Offshore
- Operator
- SSE Group
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 51.9176, 1.9284
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 Greater Gabbard compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 38% of the maximum possible output), a 504 MW station would generate roughly 1,678 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 621,380 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 East of England All run by SSE GroupNearby generating sites
- Sizewell B Β· 1,198 MW nuclear power station36.6 km
- Galloper Β· 353 MW offshore wind farm38.9 km
- Sizewell A Β· 420 MW nuclear power station39.2 km
- Sizewell C Β· 3,260 MW nuclear power station39.2 km
- East Anglia One Β· 714 MW offshore wind farm41.2 km
- London Array Β· 630 MW offshore wind farm44.4 km
- Stratton Hall Β· 11.8 MW solar farm45.1 km
- Gunfleet Sands 02 Β· 173 MW offshore wind farm51.5 km
Also operated by SSE Group
SSE Group operates 127 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Peterhead Β· gas-fired power station1,180 MW
- Seagreen Β· offshore wind farm1,075 MW
- Keadby 2 Β· gas-fired power station840 MW
- Medway Β· gas-fired power station755 MW
- Keadby Β· CCGT gas power station735 MW
- Beatrice Offshore windfarm Β· offshore wind farm588 MW
- Viking Wind Farm Β· onshore wind farm443 MW
- Foyers Pumped Storage Β· pumped-storage station300 MW
Planning history
From the government's Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), matched to this site by location, capacity and name.
- Planning status
- Operational
- Site name in planning record
- Greater Gabbard Wind Farm
- Developer / operator
- Airtricity / Fluor Ltd
- Planning authority
- DECC (S36)
- Application submitted
- 17 October 2005
- Permission granted
- 20 February 2007
- Construction started
- 1 July 2009
- Began operating
- 7 September 2012
- Capacity in planning record
- 504 MW
- Address
- Near the Suffolk Coast (26km out to sea), Offshore
- REPD reference
- 2510
Source
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), table 5.11: power stations in the United Kingdom β operational at end of May 2025.
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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