Site Statistics

Rampion

Location	13-23km off the Sussex coast
Site area	167km2 to 139km2
Water depth	19-50m
Installed electrical capacity	Up to 700 megawatts (MW)
Turbine size	Turbines will have a generating capacity of between 3MW and 7MW, with respective maximum height to tip of 180m and 210m.
Turbine numbers	100 to 175 turbines, depending on the turbine size selected. For larger turbines, the number of turbines needed to generate the maximum output of 700MW would vary, e.g. 140 x5MW or 116 x 6MW turbines.
Onshore Works	A 26.4km underground cable route from landfall (where the electricity comes ashore) to the 400 kilovolts (KV) substation (owned by National Grid), around 2km south-west of Bolney village.
Power Output	Based on our current expectations of the area’s wind resource over the long-term, we estimate the site could generate more than 2,100 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity each year.* This is enough to power the equivalent of around 450,000 homes^, more than two-thirds of the homes in Sussex,# including the city of Brighton and Hove.
Ownership	Development in partnership with The Crown Estate to the point of consent. Construction and operation will be 100% owned by E.ON Climate & Renewables.

Please see our Rampion Project Update (April 2013) for a presentation of our proposals including:
- consultation results that have helped shape our plans.
- key changes and mitigations we've made in response to the consultation feedback.
- benefits of the scheme.
- the consenting process and timetable.

To view the full application documents and detailed final proposals, visit:
infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/projects/south-east/Rampion-offshore-wind-farm

Click here for answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

* Based on wind speed data from our existing offshore wind farms in UK waters. This will be updated as Rampion site specific data is gathered from the met mast.
^ Based on an average annual domestic household electricity consumption of 4,700kWh (DECC).
# Office of National Statistics census data.We're developing initial proposals for an offshore wind farm located around 13km off the Sussex coast at its nearest point.

The map below shows the proposed development area of the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm.

 
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Ordnance Survey map of the proposed development area (PDF, 2.3MB)