North Hoyle
Wales' first offshore wind farm and the UK's first major offshore wind farm. Round 1 development by National Wind Power (npower).
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
Greencoat UK Wind PLC — 100% ◆Location
United KingdomIrish Sea
Technology
Capacity
60 MW ◆
Turbines
30 × 2 MW ◆
Model
Vestas V80 2-0 ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◇
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
Crown Estate Round 1 · 2001 ·
Water depth
7–11 m ≈
Distance from shore
7.5 km ◆
Wind speed
9.1 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Certificate ◆
Grid
Secured · 2003 ∅
Connection
Onshore substation at Rhyl ∅
Schedule
FID
Taken · date not recorded ∴
COD
2004 ◆
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 10 sources (9 primary) · ◆ 6 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.
Regulator2
[4]
Marine Management Organisation2014◆ Review of Post-Consent Offshore Wind Far…
"North Hoyle 2003 Irish Sea - off Welsh coast/Liverpool Bay 1" [Table 2: Consented sites reviewed — Wind Farm, Generating Year, Location, Round] … "the issue of the North Hoyle licence in 2002" ...…
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[10]
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2026-05-06◆ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD…
“REPD Q1 2026 quarterly extract — Ref ID 2494: Site Name "North Hoyle", Development Status "Operational", Installed Capacity 60 MWelec, Operator "Greencoat (formerly Npower Renewables)"”
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Operator4
[1]
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[3]
Renewable Energy World2003-11-25◆ First Major Offshore Wind Farm for the U…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
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[8]
Institution of Civil Engineers (Proceedings of the ICE — Energy)2007-02
“Following a competitive bidding process, a design and build contract was awarded to the North Hoyle Consortium (comprising Vestas Celtic Wind Turbines and Mayflower Energy) in the autumn of 2002. Onsh…”
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore construction
Trade press4
[6]
offshoreWIND.biz2017-08◆ Greencoat to Acquire North Hoyle Offshor…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsoperator
[7]
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Power Technology
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
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