Centrica (Lincs) offshore wind farm
Centrica (Lincs) is a 270 MW offshore wind farm with 75 turbines in English waters. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 24 July 2013; the record was last updated on 1 May 2018. Its REPD grid reference is 10 km from the nearest postcode on land (PE25 1JZ, East Lindsey). It was consented under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 by the Secretary of State for energy (REPD: DECC, the energy department at the time).
Consent timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 January 2007 | Application submitted |
| 21 October 2008 | Section 36 consent granted (Secretary of State) |
| 1 March 2010 | Construction started |
| 24 July 2013 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- offshore wind farm
- Capacity
- 270 MW
- Turbines
- 75
- Turbine capacity
- 3.6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 1 May 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Ørsted
- Consenting authority (REPD)
- DECC (S36)
- Application reference
- not recorded
- Nearest postcode on land
- PE25 1JZ (East Lindsey), 9.7 km from the REPD grid reference
- Time to decision
- 91 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2513
Who decides
It was consented under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 by the Secretary of State for energy (REPD: DECC, the energy department at the time).
Postcode districts within 40 km
| District | km |
|---|---|
| Skegness (PE25) | 11.4 |
| Skegness (PE24) | 15.7 |
| Mablethorpe (LN12) | 22.4 |
| Alford (LN13) | 22.8 |
| Hunstanton (PE36) | 27.2 |
| Spilsby (PE23) | 27.3 |
| Boston (PE22) | 33.8 |
| King's Lynn (PE31) | 34.0 |
| Wells-Next-the-Sea (NR23) | 35.5 |
| Louth (LN11) | 37.8 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk (PE35) | 39.7 |
Straight-line distance from the centre of each postcode district to the REPD grid reference of the wind farm, which is a single point for the whole site.
Other offshore wind projects within 30 km
| Project | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inner Dowsing | 97.2 | operational | 3.5 |
| Lynn | 97.2 | operational | 6.2 |
| Race Bank (Phase 1) | 290 | operational | 8.1 |
| Race Bank (Phase 2) | 284 | operational | 8.1 |
| Westermost Rough A | 210 | operational | 10.5 |
| Dudgeon East | 402 | operational | 10.7 |
| Docking Shoal A | 540 | refused | 21.5 |
| Humber Gateway A | 219 | operational | 22.6 |
All offshore wind farms in UK waters
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database can lag behind consent decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (53.1842, 0.4981).