We currently operate two offshore wind farms in the UK, with an installed capacity of 64MW. Blyth was the UK's first offshore wind farm and Scroby Sands was one of the UK's first commerical offshore schemes.

We aim to become a world leader in the development and construction of offshore wind farms and are currently developing a portfolio of projects in UK, Scandinavian and German waters.

In the UK we are developing, in partnership with Dong Energy and Masdar, one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms, London Array, located in the Thames Estuary. If commissioned the wind farm could supply up to a quarter of London’s power and offset the emission of 1.9million tonnes of harmful greenhouse gases each year.

We have also begun construction on Robin Rigg, our third offshore wind farm. Once operational this 180MW offshore wind farm will be one of the largest in UK waters.

We are fully committed to developing further offshore schemes, such as Humber Gateway.

Although increased wind speeds are available offshore the construction of offshore wind farms is more complicated than on land due to the variable nature of the seabed and the range of different sea conditions. In 2008 we established a dedicated European offshore construction team, drawing on our skills and experience within the E.ON Group, to build our new offshore wind farms.