Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm
Country	United Kingdom
Coordinates	53°07′00″N 1°08′00″E / 53.1167°N 1.1333°E / 53.1167; 1.1333
Status	Operational
Commission date	September 2012
Equitix Equinor Green Investment Group
Equinor
Wind farm
Type	Offshore
Max. water depth	15–22 m (49–72 ft)
Distance from shore	17 km (11 mi)
Rotor diameter	107 m (351 ft)
Site area	35 km2 (14 sq mi)
Power generation
Units operational	88 × 3.6 MW
Make and model	Siemens Gamesa SWT-3.6-107 (88)
Nameplate capacity	317 MW
Annual net output	1,200 GWh (2013)
External links
Website	sheringhamshoal.co.uk
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Wind farm layout

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is a Round 2 wind farm in North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. A lease for use of the sea bed was obtained in 2004 by Scira Offshore Energy (later acquired by Statoil (now Equinor) and Statkraft), the development gained offshore planning consent in 2008, and was constructed 2009–2011, being officially opened in 2012.

The wind farm has 88 Siemens Wind Power 3.6MW turbines (total power 316.8 MW) spread over a 35 km² (14 sq mi) area over 17 km (11 mi) from shore.