Scroby Sands
Crown Estate Round 1 development on Scroby Sands sandbank, North Sea, 2.5 km off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
United KingdomTechnology
Capacity
58 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
7–17 m ≈
Distance from shore
2.5 km ◆
Wind speed
9.1 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Other ∅
Grid
Secured · 2004 ◆
Connection
33 kV substation connection provided by EDF (the local District … ◆
Schedule
FID
Taken · date not recorded ∴
COD
2004-Q1 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok’s transactions record
Origination · 2001-04
Crown Estate Round 1
- Awarded to
- Powergen / E.ON (now RWE)
- Basis
- seabed award
From the auction results — the round that created the project.
Merger · 2018-03
E.ON → RWE 100%
- Stake
- 100%
- Consideration
- not disclosed
- Announced
- 2018-03
- Closed
- 2019-10
- Project stage
- operational
Scroby Sands transferred from E.ON to RWE as part of the E.ON/RWE/innogy asset swap. Same corporate restructuring as Robin Rigg and Humber Gateway. Not arm's-length; no per-asset consideration. RWE 100% from October 2019.
Evidence
From Hafrok’s transactions record
Dashed tick marks today (9 Sep 2026). The teal diamond on the spine is origination — the seabed award or round that created the project. Every other ownership event lives in the band below: one station per recorded deal, dated at its label, in deal order rather than to calendar scale. Secondary trades appear only at the interchanges; grey lines are parties whose entry or exit Hafrok’s record does not hold.
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime: ROC 1.0 ROCs/MWh
RegimeROC 1.0 ROCs/MWh
A built project sells its power under the contract or support regime it was financed with; it is not expected to bid into new government offtake rounds. Where the record does not yet name that regime, the row says so rather than guessing.
Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Satellite survey
the farm as it stands, counted from satellite radar images · built before the count began, so there is no build to chart
Satellite survey
Structures standing16≈30 turbines + 0 platforms expected · 14 fewer than expected — small or closely spaced early turbines fall below the radar threshold or merge into one return
Surveyed2026-09-01≈from 113 satellite passes
Built2004-Q1offshore construction to start of operation, from the record
Hafrok counts the structures standing in the sea from satellite radar images (≈) and reads the count against the turbines and platforms on record. The farm was built before this count began, so the images show it complete; they cannot date its construction. Rows marked with a dot (·) come from Hafrok’s own registers.
Satellite image
Image taken2026-09-07≈Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar satellite, northbound pass
Farm covered100%≈the whole farm lies inside the image
Structures ringed16 confirmed · 0 not yet confirmed≈as counted on 2026-09-01 · the image is newer than the count, so a bright spot without a ring may be a structure not yet counted
Construction ports
PortPort of Great Yarmouth ∅
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, processed by ESA and by Microsoft Planetary Computer.
Latest satellite radar image · 2026-09-07
a radar picture, not a photograph: the sea is dark, steel is bright · black is beyond the edge of the image
confirmed structure (16)seen recently, not yet confirmed (0)probably a substation platform (a larger structure than a turbine; the register above has the facts)farm boundary
Sources & verification
12/19 fields verified · rests on 11 sources (5 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.
Regulator2
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UK Government (DTI / Privy Council)2004-07-08◆ The Electricity (Exemption from the Requ…
“The Electricity (Exemption from the Requirement for a Generation Licence) (No.2) Order 2004 ... exemption ... to Powergen Renewables Offshore Wind Limited in respect of plant known as the Scroby Sands…”
supportsBackground
[11]
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2026-05-06◆ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD…
“REPD Q1 2026 quarterly extract — Ref ID 2498: Site Name "Scroby Sands", Development Status "Operational", Installed Capacity 60 MWelec, Operator "E.ON UK"”
supportsRegister entry
Operator4
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RWE Renewables UK Limited2025◆ Scroby Sands offshore wind farm
"Scroby Sands is owned and operated by RWE Renewables UK Limited (100%). ... Commissioned in March 2004 ... 60 megawatts ... 30 [turbines] ... 2.5 kilometres off the coast of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk."…
supportsConsentFinal investment decisionCommercial operationTurbinesTotal capacity+1 more
[2]
RWE AG2022-03-03◆ RWE pioneers world first at Scroby Sands
“RWE's 60 megawatts (MW) Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm was one of the first of a group of projects to be built in the UK ... Scroby Sands was built on a prehistoric sandbank ... RWE has pioneered the…”
supportsTotal capacity
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RWE2025-03-20◆ RWE — 2025 03 20 rwe generation asset li…
“Scroby Sands | Offshore Wind | Offshore wind | UK | - | 2004 | 58 | 1 | 58 | 58 | 1 | ROC | 2027 | 155328”
supportsTotal capacity
Trade press5
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Tethys / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory2024◆ Scroby Sands Wind Farm | Tethys
“30 Vestas V80-2MW turbines ... Support Structure: Monopile ... Water Depth: 3 - 12 m ... Distance from Shore: 2.5 km off Great Yarmouth ... Construction start: November 1, 2003 ... Operation start: De…”
supportsTurbinesModelUnit capacityFoundationDistance from shore
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