Race Bank
Race Bank is a 573 MW offshore wind farm in East of England, England, operated by Orsted. 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
- 573 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Offshore
- Operator
- Orsted
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 53.1360, 0.5892
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 Race Bank compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 38% of the maximum possible output), a 573 MW station would generate roughly 1,907 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 706,450 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 OrstedNearby generating sites
- Dudgeon BMU 1 Β· 108 MW offshore wind farm2.6 km
- Dudgeon BMU 2 Β· 90 MW offshore wind farm2.6 km
- Dudgeon BMU 3 Β· 102 MW offshore wind farm2.6 km
- Dudgeon BMU 4 Β· 102 MW offshore wind farm2.6 km
- Lincs Β· 270 MW offshore wind farm8.1 km
- Lynn Wind Farm Β· 97.2 MW offshore wind farm9.2 km
- Inner Dowsing Wind Farm Β· 97.2 MW offshore wind farm11.1 km
- Carland Cross PV Β· 10 MW solar farm21.9 km
Also operated by Orsted
Orsted operates 16 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Hornsea 02 Β· offshore wind farm1,386 MW
- Hornsea 01 Β· offshore wind farm1,218 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
- Race Bank (Phase 1)
- Developer / operator
- Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)/ Macquarie Group
- Planning authority
- DECC (S36)
- Application submitted
- 23 January 2009
- Permission granted
- 6 July 2012
- Construction started
- 7 July 2016
- Began operating
- 8 June 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 290 MW
- Address
- Race Bank Greater Wash, Offshore
- REPD reference
- 2515
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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