Scroby Sands
Scroby Sands is a 60 MW offshore wind farm in East of England, 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
- East of England
- England
Key facts
- Installed capacity
- 60 MW
- Status
- Operational
- Technology
- Wind Β· Offshore
- Operator
- RWE Npower
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
- Grid connection (DUKES)
- LV
- Combined heat & power
- No
- Postcode
- NR30 3NS
- Coordinates
- 52.6439, 1.7889
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 Scroby Sands compares
At a typical UK load factor for this technology (about 38% of the maximum possible output), a 60 MW station would generate roughly 200 GWh of electricity in a year, similar to the annual use of about 73,970 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 RWE NpowerNearby generating sites
- Great Yarmouth Β· 420 MW CCGT gas power station5.7 km
- Somerton Β· 1.8 MW onshore wind farm11.7 km
- Promens Β· 1.65 MW solar farm26.4 km
- Playters Β· 8.63 MW solar farm27.0 km
- Avenue Farm Β· 7.65 MW solar farm28.7 km
- SMSL1 Β· 4.77 MW solar farm31.6 km
- ScottowMoor Β· 33.7 MW solar farm32.1 km
- SMSL2 Β· 4.89 MW solar farm32.3 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
- Scroby SandsΒ
- Developer / operator
- E.ON UK
- Planning authority
- DECC (S36)
- Application submitted
- 5 March 2001
- Permission granted
- 1 December 2002
- Construction started
- 1 October 2003
- Began operating
- 1 March 2004
- Capacity in planning record
- 60 MW
- Address
- 3km NE Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Offshore
- REPD reference
- 2498
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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