Hornsea 02
Hornsea 02 is a 1,386 MW offshore wind farm in Yorkshire and the Humber, England, operated by Orsted. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Offshore
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 1,386 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Offshore
- Operator
- Orsted
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 53.6820, 1.4056
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 Hornsea 02 compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 38% of the maximum possible output), a 1,386 MW station would generate roughly 4,614 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 1,708,780 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 Yorkshire and the Humber All run by OrstedNearby generating sites
- Hornsea 01 Β· 1,218 MW offshore wind farm1.0 km
- Sheringham Shoal BMU 1 Β· 158 MW offshore wind farm63.1 km
- Sheringham Shoal BMU 2 Β· 158 MW offshore wind farm63.1 km
- Race Bank Β· 573 MW offshore wind farm81.3 km
- Lincs Β· 270 MW offshore wind farm81.7 km
- Dudgeon BMU 1 Β· 108 MW offshore wind farm81.8 km
- Dudgeon BMU 2 Β· 90 MW offshore wind farm81.8 km
- Dudgeon BMU 3 Β· 102 MW offshore wind farm81.8 km
Also operated by Orsted
Orsted operates 16 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Hornsea 01 Β· offshore wind farm1,218 MW
- Race Bank Β· offshore wind farm573 MW
- West of Duddon Sands Β· offshore wind farm389 MW
- Walney 01 Β· offshore wind farm368 MW
- Walney 02 Β· offshore wind farm368 MW
- Walney 03 Β· offshore wind farm330 MW
- Walney 04 Β· offshore wind farm329 MW
- Lincs Β· offshore wind farm270 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
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea
- Developer / operator
- Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning reference
- EN010053
- Application submitted
- 30 January 2015
- Permission granted
- 16 August 2016
- Construction started
- 1 September 2019
- Began operating
- 31 August 2022
- Capacity in planning record
- 1,320 MW
- Address
- The Wash, Sutton Bridge, Offshore
- REPD reference
- 2502
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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