East Anglia Array

The first project, East Anglia ONE at 714 MW, received planning consent in June 2014 and contracts in April 2016.

[6] If consents are received, all three new arrays will be built as a hub, combining to provide a rated capacity of 3.1GW of electricity from 263 wind turbines.

[9] Funding has been agreed to improve local activities, courtesy of the Sizewell C and East Anglia Array projects.

[10] Local opposition groups approve of the offshore wind turbines, but request a different location for the onshore facilities.

[12] Cabling for East Anglia ONE lands near the River Deben at Bawdsey, runs north of Ipswich and is connected to the National Grid at Bramford.

[23] First power was generated in September 2019,[24] turbine installation was completed in April 2020,[25] and commercial operation began in July 2020.

[2] The East Anglia TWO wind farm will be located be 37.5 kilometres (23.3 mi) off-shore from Lowestoft and would have a generating capacity of 900MW from 75 turbines.

[8] The project was consented in 2017, and onshore construction commenced in July 2022 [29] The proposed East Anglia ONE North wind farm will be located approximately 37.7 kilometres (23.4 mi) from Lowestoft, and would have a generating capacity of up to 800MW.

East Anglia ONE windfarm construction, October 2019
Offshore substation located amongst the turbines