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Wind power in Great Britain
Wind is Great Britain's largest source of renewable electricity - from the giant offshore arrays in the North Sea to hillside farms across Scotland and Wales.
The live share includes embedded (distribution-connected) wind, estimated by NESO - the grid operator can't meter it directly.
- Stations
- 854
- Capacity
- 42.8 GW
- Live feeds
- 67
- transmission-metered
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Largest wind farms
Full ranking| # | Station | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Operator | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,386 | Wind | Orsted | - | |
| 2 | 1,320 | Wind Offshore | Orsted (formerly Dong Energy) | - | |
| 3 | Hornsea 01Live | 1,218 | Wind | Orsted | - |
| 4 | SeagreenLive | 1,075 | Wind | SSE Group | - |
| 5 | SeagreenLive | 1,075 | Wind Offshore | SSE / Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd | - |
| 6 | 950 | Wind Offshore | Diamond Green Limited, CTG & Ocean Winds | - | |
| 7 | 950 | Wind | OceanWinds, DGL and Equitix | - | |
| 8 | 882 | Wind | OceanWinds, DGL and Equitix | - | |
| 9 | 882 | Wind Offshore | EDPR | - | |
| 10 | Triton KnollLive | 857 | Wind Offshore | Innogy | - |
| 11 | Triton KnollLive | 857 | Wind | RWE Npower | Yorkshire |
| 12 | 714 | Wind Offshore | Scottish Power Renewables | - | |
| 13 | East Anglia OneLive | 714 | Wind | Scottish Power | - |
| 14 | Walney 3Live | 659 | Wind Offshore | Orsted (formerly Dong Energy) | - |
| 15 | London ArrayLive | 630 | Wind | RWE Npower | - |
| 16 | Dogger Bank ALive | 616 | Wind | SSE Group and Equinor | - |
| 17 | 588 | Wind | SSE Group | - | |
| 18 | Gwynt y MorLive | 576 | Wind | RWE Npower | - |
| 19 | Race BankLive | 573 | Wind | Orsted | - |
| 20 | Greater GabbardLive | 504 | Wind | SSE Group | - |
By country
Share of generation by year
- 20091.3%
- 20101.4%
- 20113.7%
- 20124.8%
- 20136.6%
- 20148.2%
- 201510.4%
- 201610.0%
- 201714.7%
- 201817.2%
- 201920.0%
- 202024.8%
- 202121.8%
- 202226.6%
- 202328.8%
- 202429.4%
- 202529.7%
- 202630.6% ytd
Yearly average share of GB generation, from NESO's historic half-hourly data. Explore any year in the history explorer.
Wind records
- First day wind beat gas
- 2012-12-23