Overview

The Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm is located around 20km off the coast of Suffolk, England and is operated and maintained from its operations and maintenance base at Lowestoft, Suffolk.

It is a 50:50 Joint Venture between SSE Renewables and RWE Renewables, with SSE Renewables operating the wind farm of behalf of the JV partners.

The 504MW offshore wind farm has been in operation since 2012, generating enough low-carbon renewable energy each year to power the equivalent of over 400,000 UK homes.

Greater Gabbard was a pioneering project for the UK offshore wind industry and for many years the 140-turbine site was the largest wind farm under development world-wide.

Greater Gabbard was awarded development rights from The Crown Estate in 2003 and planning permission was granted four years later. In 2008 onshore construction work began around Sizewell in Suffolk and Lowestoft was selected as the Operations and Maintenance base in 2009, bringing 100 jobs to the area.

In 2011 the first two turbines produced power to the National Grid. All 140 turbines were commissioned and have been producing power since 2012.

Information about Greater Gabbard’s community investment programme and its eligibility criteria is available here

North Falls - the next phase

The next exciting phase to this wind farm is the Greater Gabbard Extension project, known as North Falls Offshore Wind Farm. Being developed jointly with RWE Renewables, the extension has been awarded an Agreement for Lease for up to 504MW from The Crown Estate.

North Falls has the potential to build on Greater Gabbard’s already successful legacy in the East of England.

More information about the project can be found at www.northfallsoffshore.com.

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