Rampion offshore wind farm
Rampion offshore wind farm

Offshore wind farm

Rampion

Commissioned in 2018, Rampion offshore wind farm is located in the English Channel, 13 kilometres off the Sussex coast and stretches from East Worthing in the west to Brighton in the east.

With an installed capacity of 400 megawatts, it is capable of powering almost 409,000 UK households or about half the households in Sussex.

It is operated and maintained from a specially built base in the Port of Newhaven.

Rampion comprises 116 turbines, each with an output of 3.45 megawatts. The turbine hub houses the wind turbine rotor and is 80 meters above sea level. The rotor diameter is 112 meters and each of the three blades is 55 meters long.

Project status: In operation

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Community Benefit Fund

In addition to the direct relationships it has with numerous groups and organisations near its Newhaven base and across the region, Rampion Offshore Wind Farm also has a defined £3.1 million Rampion Community Benefit Fund.

The fund has been launched to support projects which benefit the Sussex community.

This is a voluntary commitment to support projects from Littlehampton in the east to Beachy Head in the west and north from the coast to Twineham.

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Shareholders

Rampion Offshore Wind Farm is operated by RWE on behalf of the three shareholders: RWE Renewables UK Limited (50.1%), Canadian energy company Enbridge (24.9%) and Offshore Wind Co. (25%).