Rampion
Rampion is a 400 MW offshore wind farm in South East England, operated by RWE Npower. The UK government lists it as operational in its register of power stations (DUKES table 5.11, May 2025).
- Offshore
- South East
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 400 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Offshore
- Operator
- RWE Npower
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- HV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Coordinates
- 50.7412, -0.2298
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 Rampion compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 38% of the maximum possible output), a 400 MW station would generate roughly 1,332 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 493,400 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 South East All run by RWE NpowerNearby generating sites
- Shoreham Β· 420 MW CCGT gas power station10.7 km
- Ford Β· 11.6 MW solar farm23.3 km
- Spear Hill Β· 4.95 MW solar farm25.2 km
- Brookbarn Β· 3.63 MW solar farm25.9 km
- Upper Clayhill Β· 4.75 MW solar farm27.9 km
- Binsted Β· 5 MW solar farm29.1 km
- Wilbees Β· 5 MW solar farm31.5 km
- Bentley Estate Β· 4.78 MW solar farm32.1 km
Also operated by RWE Npower
RWE Npower operates 90 sites in the register. Largest first:
- Pembroke Β· gas-fired power station2,199 MW
- Didcot A Power Station Β· coal-fired power station2,000 MW
- Staythorpe Β· CCGT gas power station1,828 MW
- Didcot B Β· gas-fired power station1,450 MW
- Tilbury B Power Station Β· coal-fired power station1,050 MW
- Triton Knoll Β· offshore wind farm857 MW
- Little Barford Β· CCGT gas power station735 MW
- London Array Β· offshore wind farm630 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
- Rampion Offshore Wind Farm (Hastings Zone)
- Developer / operator
- E.ON UK
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning reference
- EN010032
- Application submitted
- 25 March 2013
- Permission granted
- 16 July 2014
- Construction started
- 25 January 2016
- Began operating
- 26 November 2017
- Capacity in planning record
- 400 MW
- Address
- off the Sussex coastline, Offshore
- REPD reference
- 2520
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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