Facts & Figures

  • Located 27 kilometres off the Suffolk Coast at its nearest point
  • 56 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 353 megawatts (MW)
  • Siemens 6.3 MW turbines with a maximum blade tip height of 180.5m above LAT
  • 27 to 36 metres water depth
  • 56 buried subsea array cables linking the turbines to the offshore electricity platform
  • One 33kV/132kV offshore substation
  • Two buried subsea export cables, each approximately 45 kilometres in length
  • Two 0.85 kilometre onshore cables
  • One onshore 132kV  substation
  • Connected to the National Grid substation at Leiston
  • Generating enough energy each year to power up to 380,700 average UK households
  • Up to 700 jobs created during construction and around 90 long term, east coast jobs during operation.

Location

Galloper Offshore Wind Farm is located approximately 30km off the coast of Suffolk, close to its sister project Greater Gabbard Wind Farm.

Location Galloper Wind Farm
  • Offshore Construction Coordination Base
    Port of Lowestoft
  • Siemens Turbine Assembly Base
    Great Yarmouth

Construction Timeline

2014

June - November

Initial onshore ground works completed

2015

October - November

Financial Close achieved, new partners announced and onshore construction activity resumes

2016

Summer

Offshore construction begins

August

First export cable installed

December

Foundation installation commences

2017

May

Second and final export cable installed

Summer

Offshore substation installed

Autumn

First generation

2018

Spring

Construction complete

Spring

Commences operation

Project Partners

The project is owned by innogy SE (25%), Siemens Financial Services (25%), Sumitomo (12.5%) and ESB (12.5%) and a consortium managed by Green Investment Group and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (25%).

 

Sumitomo Corporation

Latest News

16.11.2018

Ground-breaking marks start of O&M base construction

A ground-breaking ceremony was held at Harwich International Port today to mark the official start of construction of the £10...

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15.10.2018

Ship’s bell recovered at Galloper offshore site returns to its Sunderland home

A ship’s bell recovered from the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm’s offshore cable route prior to the project’s construction is set...

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28.09.2018

Galloper Offshore Wind Farm officially inaugurated today

Galloper Offshore Wind Farm, sited 27 kilometres off the Suffolk coast, was officially inaugurated today in London by Hans Bünting,...

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14.09.2018

Wind farm base approval heralds £10 million Harwich investment

Tendring District Council and the Marine Management Organisation have given the go ahead for the multi-million pound, state of the...

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23.07.2018

Galloper Offshore Wind Farm awards three Harwich community groups a total of £7,500

The first grants from the Galloper Community Fund have been awarded to three Harwich community groups who will receive a...

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29.03.2018

Renewable energy boost for UK as Galloper hits full throttle

£1.5 billion UK renewable energy infrastructure project Capacity to generate enough power for 380,000 homes All fifty-six Siemens 6.3MW turbines...

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10.03.2018

Galloper brings £50,000 windfall for Harwich community

£10,000 per annum, community funding for next five years Applications for funding are welcomed now Fund will be administered by...

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