We have a long history of developing wind power projects in the UK, from our Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon wind farms off the coast of Norfolk, the world’s first floating wind farm at Hywind Scotland, to the world’s largest offshore wind farm being built at Dogger Bank.
Equinor is committed to delivering on the UK Government’s offshore wind ambitions and decarbonisation goals by developing bottom-fixed and floating wind in UK waters.
Once completed, Dogger Bank will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, generating enough power for more than six million British homes. Dogger Bank is a joint venture between Equinor (40%), SSE Renewables (40%), and Vårgrønn (20%), and is being developed in three phases of 1.2 GW each.
The world’s first floating wind farm, the 30 MW Hywind Scotland pilot park, has been in operation since 2017, demonstrating the feasibility of floating offshore wind. Hywind Scotland is the world’s best-performing wind farm by capacity factor, achieving 54% since its installation.
Sheringham Shoal marked the first stepping stone on our renewables journey. Our first full scale commercial offshore wind farm is located 17 to 23 km off the coast of Norfolk in the UK and became operational in 2011. Each of the 88 wind turbines has a capacity of 3.6 MW and the wind farm as a whole generates enough electricity to power around 280,000 British homes.
With Dudgeon, we expanded our offshore wind presence in the UK. The wind farm, which is located 20 miles off the coast of Cromer in North Norfolk, began production in 2017 and has an installed capacity of 402 MW. That is sufficient to power approximately 430,000 UK homes
In 2024, Development Consent was granted to double the capacity of the existing Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon wind farms, providing energy to power an additional 785,000 homes. With these extensions, our wind farms in Norfolk will power nearly 1.5 million UK households.
Equinor is progressing a floating offshore wind development area in the Celtic Sea. Based on our pioneering expertise and experience in floating offshore wind, Equinor looks to build on over 20 years of floating experience in this new offshore wind region in the UK.