| Gunfleet Sands 1 & 3 | |
|---|---|
 The farm from a passing ship, 30 September 2010 | |
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| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Location | Northern Thames Estuary 7 km (4.3 mi) off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex |
| Coordinates | 51°44′22″N 1°10′28″E / 51.73944°N 1.17444°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2008 |
| Commission date | 2010 |
| Owners | Orsted (51%) Marubeni Corporation / Bank of Japan (remainder) |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Offshore |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 48 |
| Make and model | Siemens Wind Power SWT-3.6-107 |
| Nameplate capacity | 172MW |
| Capacity factor | ~30-35% |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Wind farm layout
Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm is a 172 MW wind farm about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) off the Clacton-on-Sea coast in the Northern Thames Estuary.
The 108 MW Gunfleet Sands 1 wind farm gained planning consent in 2003/4; in 2006 DONG Energy (now Ørsted) acquired the project and submitted an application for a second 64 MW windfarm Gunfleet Sands 2 adjacent to the first, which received consent in 2008. Construction of both mounting Siemens Wind Power SWT-3.6-107 turbines took place between 2008 and 2010.
In 2010 planning began on a demonstration project Gunfleet Sands 3, used to test Siemens' 6 MW wind turbine model; two such turbines were installed in 2013.