Inner Dowsing offshore wind farm
Inner Dowsing is a 97.2 MW offshore wind farm with 27 turbines in English waters. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 20 April 2008; the record was last updated on 24 August 2017. Its REPD grid reference is 6 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 |
|---|---|
| 11 September 2002 | Application submitted |
| 23 September 2003 | Section 36 consent granted (Secretary of State) |
| 1 March 2008 | Construction started |
| 20 April 2008 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- offshore wind farm
- Capacity
- 97.2 MW
- Turbines
- 27
- Turbine capacity
- 3.6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 24 August 2017
- Operator or applicant
- XceCo
- Consenting authority (REPD)
- DECC (S36)
- Application reference
- not recorded
- Nearest postcode on land
- PE25 1JZ (East Lindsey), 6.2 km from the REPD grid reference
- Time to decision
- 54 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2491
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) | 8.4 |
| Skegness (PE24) | 12.4 |
| Alford (LN13) | 19.5 |
| Mablethorpe (LN12) | 19.9 |
| Spilsby (PE23) | 23.9 |
| Hunstanton (PE36) | 27.9 |
| Boston (PE22) | 31.0 |
| Louth (LN11) | 34.7 |
| King's Lynn (PE31) | 35.0 |
| Horncastle (LN9) | 37.3 |
| Wells-Next-the-Sea (NR23) | 38.2 |
| Boston (PE21) | 39.4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrica (Lincs) | 270 | operational | 3.5 |
| Lynn | 97.2 | operational | 5.8 |
| Race Bank (Phase 1) | 290 | operational | 11.1 |
| Race Bank (Phase 2) | 284 | operational | 11.1 |
| Westermost Rough A | 210 | operational | 12.6 |
| Dudgeon East | 402 | operational | 13.6 |
| Humber Gateway A | 219 | operational | 22.5 |
| Docking Shoal A | 540 | refused | 25.0 |
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 (53.188, 0.4465).