Race Bank (Phase 1) offshore wind farm
Race Bank (Phase 1) is a 290 MW offshore wind farm with 46 turbines in English waters. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 8 June 2017; the record was last updated on 20 August 2020. Its REPD grid reference is 16 km from the nearest postcode on land (PE25 1BF, 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 |
|---|---|
| 23 January 2009 | Application submitted |
| 6 July 2012 | Section 36 consent granted (Secretary of State) |
| 7 July 2016 | Construction started |
| 8 June 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- offshore wind farm
- Capacity
- 290 MW
- Turbines
- 46
- Turbine capacity
- 6.3 MW
- Turbine height
- 154 m
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 20 August 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Orsted (formerly Dong Energy)/ Macquarie Group
- Consenting authority (REPD)
- DECC (S36)
- Application reference
- not recorded
- Nearest postcode on land
- PE25 1BF (East Lindsey), 16.2 km from the REPD grid reference
- Time to decision
- 180 weeks
- REPD reference
- 2515
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) | 17.1 |
| Skegness (PE24) | 21.9 |
| Hunstanton (PE36) | 22.5 |
| Wells-Next-the-Sea (NR23) | 27.5 |
| King's Lynn (PE31) | 28.2 |
| Mablethorpe (LN12) | 30.5 |
| Alford (LN13) | 30.6 |
| Walsingham (NR22) | 32.6 |
| Spilsby (PE23) | 33.6 |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk (PE35) | 34.7 |
| Fakenham (NR21) | 37.2 |
| Boston (PE22) | 37.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race Bank (Phase 2) | 284 | operational | <0.1 |
| Dudgeon East | 402 | operational | 2.6 |
| Westermost Rough A | 210 | operational | 4.6 |
| Centrica (Lincs) | 270 | operational | 8.1 |
| Lynn | 97.2 | operational | 9.2 |
| Inner Dowsing | 97.2 | operational | 11.1 |
| Docking Shoal A | 540 | refused | 15.7 |
| Triton Knoll | 857 | operational | 20.0 |
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 (53.136, 0.5892).