Construction
The construction of Rampion Offshore Wind Farm was completed in late 2018 and is now fully operational.
Onshore all the cables were installed by summer 2017 and the focus has transferred to reinstatement of the route to return it to its pre-construction state.
Offshore construction peaked during summer 2017 with 550 people working offshore, around 100 working out of the construction office in Newhaven and a further 150 working on the completion of the cable route and onshore substation.
History
E.ON was awarded rights to develop the Zone as part of The Crown Estate’s Round 3 in June 2010. A lot has happened since.
Onshore
The electricity produced by Rampion is carried by the onshore cable from landfall at Brooklands Pleasure Park to the new substation at Twineham.
Further Developments
There are plans for a new project, known as 'Rampion 2', to be developed to expand the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm.
Offshore
All 116 turbines are in place and the first power to the grid was generated in November 2017.