Humber Gateway is a 219MW offshore wind power project. The project is located in North Sea, England, the UK. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2012 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in September 2015. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project was developed by RWE Renewable UK Humber Wind. RWE Renewables UK and Greencoat UK Wind are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 51% and 49% respectively.

The wind turbines in the project are installed on fixed foundations. An array of monopile foundations feature in the project.

The project generates 757,591.956MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 300,000 households.

Development status

The project is currently active. The project construction commenced in 2012 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in September 2015.

Power purchase agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to E.ON UK under a power purchase agreement for a period of 13 years from 2022. The contracted capacity is 219MW.

Contractors involved

Vestas Offshore Wind was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 73 units of V112-3.0 MW Offshore turbines, each with 3MW nameplate capacity.

RWE Renewables UK is the O&M contractor for the wind power project.

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This content was updated on 4 January 2024

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.