Lynn and Inner Dowsing
Two adjacent offshore wind farms off the Lincolnshire coast, England: Lynn (27 turbines) and Inner Dowsing (27 turbines), located 5 km offshore from Skegness.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
Green Investment Group — 60.75% ◆Macquarie Asset Management — 39.25% ◆Location
United KingdomNorth Sea
Technology
Capacity
194 MW ◆
Turbines
54 × 3.6 MW ◆
Model
Siemens Swt 3-6-107 ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
Crown Estate Round 1 · 2001 ·
Water depth
7–12 m ≈
Distance from shore
5 km ◆
Wind speed
9.3 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Certificate ∅
Grid
Secured · 2009 ◆
Connection
Middlemarsh onshore substation, west of Skegness (33kV) ◆
Schedule
FID
2007 ∅
COD
Mar 2009 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok's transactions record
5 dated milestones on the spine, each with its source · 4 recorded ownership deals from Hafrok's transactions record · the developer's announced-COD history
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Revenue & offtake contract terms, price levels and the route to market
the Certificate contract's terms · price over time in money of the day · the routes to market and the next visible round
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Installation how the build is going · from sourced statements and Hafrok's registers
construction status and turbines standing · vessel and port contracts · the grid connection and whether it is ready in time
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Sources & verification
Rests on 12 sources (13 primary) · ◆ 7 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Regulator4
[1]
UK Government (Transport and Works Act 1992)2003-10-29◆ The Lynn Offshore Wind Farm Order 2003 (…
"The Lynn Offshore Wind Farm Order 2003 ... Made 29th October 2003 ... Coming into force 19th November 2003 ... authorises AMEC Offshore Wind Power Limited to construct, operate and maintain an offsho…
supportsConsentConsent granted
[2]
UK Government (Transport and Works Act 1992)2003-10-29◆ The Inner Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Ord…
“The Inner Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm Order 2003 ... Made 29th October 2003 ... Coming into force 19th November 2003 ... authorises Offshore Wind Power (Site No. 1) Limited to construct, operate and ma…”
supportsBackground
[8]
UK Government (Electricity Act 1989)2009-08-27◆ The Electricity (Exemption from the Requ…
“The Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (Lynn and Inner Dowsing) (England and Wales) Order 2009 ... grants exemption to Centrica (IDW) Limited and Centrica (LW) Limit…”
supportsBackground
[13]
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2026-05-06◆ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD…
“REPD Q1 2026 quarterly extract — Ref ID 2491: Site Name "Inner Dowsing", Development Status "Operational", Installed Capacity 97.2 MWelec, Operator "XceCo"; Ref ID 2493: Site Name "Lynn", Development …”
supportsRegister entry
Operator4
[3]
GLID Wind Farms (operated by XceCo Ltd on behalf of Macquarie Asset Management)2025◆ GLID | Harnessing Natural Energy
"5 km off the east coast of England by the town of Skegness in Lincolnshire ... 54 total Siemens 3.6-107 turbines (27 per project) ... total generating capacity of 194.4 MW (97.2 MW per project) ... e…
supportsCommercial operationTurbinesModelUnit capacityTotal capacity+6 more
[4]
XceCo Ltd2025
“Connected at 33 kV to the Middlemarsh onshore substation situated west of Skegness. Lynn and Inner Dowsing are operated out of the Grimsby Renewables Operations Base.”
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[6]
Green Investment Group (formerly UK Green Investment Bank)2016-02-05◆ GLID Wind Farms acquired by the UK Green…
“The UK Green Investment Bank Offshore Wind Fund and associated parallel funds and funds managed by BlackRock acquired GLID Wind Farms TopCo Limited (GLID) from Centrica and EIG Global Energy Partners …”
supportsBackground
[7]
Macquarie Asset Management2024-07-17◆ Macquarie Asset Management agrees to acq…
“Macquarie Asset Management ... intends to acquire an additional 39.25 per cent stake in the Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farms from funds managed by BlackRock ... This transaction ... will inc…”
supportsowner
Trade press4
[5]
Power Technology (GlobalData)2024
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOffshore constructionTurbinesModelUnit capacityFoundation
[10]
[11]
Windpower Monthly2009-03-01
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsFirst power
[12]
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