Humber Gateway
Located 8km east of Spurn Point, East Yorkshire.
Status
Operationallifecycle stage
Ownership
Location
United KingdomNorth Sea
Technology
Capacity
219 MW ◆
Turbines
73 × 3 MW ◆
Model
Vestas V112 3-0 ◆
Foundation
Monopile ◆
Site & conditions
Site rights
Seabed rights held ∴
Origination
Crown Estate Round 2 · 2003 ·
Water depth
15–15 m ◆
Distance from shore
8 km ◆
Wind speed
9.5 m/s @ 100 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Certificate ◆
Grid
Secured · 2015 ◆
Connection
Onshore substation at Salt End (Saltend), East Yorkshire; … ◆
Schedule
FID
15 Dec 2011 ◆
COD
2015-Q3 ◆
Project timeline & ownership verified milestones on the spine · ownership from Hafrok’s transactions record
Origination · 2003-12
Crown Estate Round 2
- Awarded to
- E.ON / RWE
- Basis
- seabed award
From the auction results — the round that created the project.
Corporate · 2018-03
E.ON → RWE 100%
- Stake
- 100%
- Consideration
- not disclosed
- Announced
- 2018-03
- Closed
- 2019-10
- Project stage
- operational
Humber Gateway transferred from E.ON to RWE as part of the E.ON/RWE/innogy corporate restructuring. Not an arm's-length transaction — no cash consideration attributable to individual assets. Transfer completed October 2019.
Evidence
From Hafrok’s transactions record
Farmdown · 2020-11
RWE → Schroders Greencoat 49%
- Stake
- 49%
- Consideration
- €726m
- Implied 100% value
- €1,482m
- Implied
- €6.76m / MW
- Basis
- Price for the equity
- Announced
- 2020-11
- Closed
- 2020-12
- Project stage
- operational
RWE sold a 49% stake in Humber Gateway to Greencoat UK Wind for GBP 648m. Converted at GBP/EUR 1.12 (Nov 2020) = EUR 726m. Implied 100% project value GBP 1,322m / EUR 1,481m. RWE retained 51% and continues as operator.
Evidence
- offshoreWIND.biz — RWE Sells 49% Stake in Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm ↗ 2020-11 ◆ held
- Companies House — RWE Renewables UK Humber Wind Limited - full accounts to 31 December 2019 ↗ 2020-09-23 ◆ held
From Hafrok’s transactions record
Dashed tick marks today (13 Oct 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.
Announced-COD history: 2015-Q2→2015-Q3 · 2 recorded revisions · held within the year (first announced 2015-Q2, latest 2015-Q3)
Revenue & offtake the regime the project was built under
Offtake regime on record
RegimeROC-supported; E.ON UK PPA 2022–2035 includes ROC output (100% electricity and ROCs)
Instrumentgreen certificates
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 sourced statements and Hafrok’s registers
Installation complete
Installation · on record
StageOperational
In operation since2015-Q3
Offshore construction2013 → 2015-Q3
Construction ports
PortPort of Grimsby (Fish Docks) ◆operations and maintenance
Grid connection
from Hafrok’s substation, converter and cable registers
Offshore platforms · 1
Offshore substationHumber Gateway Offshore Substation·132 kV · in service 2015 · owner Humber Gateway OFTO (Balfour Beatty Investments / Equitix consortium)
Grid connection · ready in time?
when each part of the grid connection is due, against the start date the developer states (black line) · a bar spans the whole year, quarter or month the source gives
installed or in serviceexpected deliveryearlier date that was later moved
Sources & verification
Rests on 11 sources (8 primary) · ◆ 9 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]
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)2011-02-09◆ Humber Gateway offshore wind farm given …
“Humber Gateway offshore wind farm given go-ahead ... The Yorkshire and Humber region could benefit from jobs and investment as E.ON was granted permission to construct a 230MW wind farm off the”
supportsConsentConsent granted
[10]
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2026-05-06◆ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD…
“REPD Q1 2026 quarterly extract — Ref ID 2544: Site Name "Humber Gateway A", Development Status "Operational", Installed Capacity 219 MWelec, Operator "E.ON Humber Wind Ltd/ Balfour Beatty Investments …”
supportsRegister entry
Operator5
[1]
RWE AG2025-10-01◆ RWE marks a decade of clean power and re…
“Humber Gateway's 73 turbines can collectively generate up to 219 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to power up to 199,000 typical UK homes. The wind farm was officially opened by Andrea Leadsom MP…”
supportsTurbinesUnit capacityTotal capacityDistance from shoreCoordinates+1 more
[3]
RWE AG2020-12-15◆ Power Purchase Agreement signed for Humb…
“RWE Renewables signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with E.ON UK under which the company will offtake 100% of the electricity produced by the Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm from 2022 until 2035.…”
supportsMechanismDetail
[7]
[11]
National Energy System Operator (NESO)2026-07-21◆ NESO Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) R…
“NESO TEC Register, edition 21 July 2026 - PRO-000214: "Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm", Status "Built", MW Connected 220, Effective From n/a, Customer "RWE RENEWABLES UK HUMBER WIND LIMITED"”
supportsRegister entry
[13]
E.ON UK2011-12-15◆ E.ON announces £736m plan for Humber Gat…
“E.ON announces £736m plan for Humber Gateway offshore wind farm Construction due to be completed by Spring 2015 ... Prime Minister, David Cameron, said: "I welcome E.ON's significant investment, which…”
supportsFinal investment decision
Trade press4
[5]
Power Technology2015◆ Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm, East …
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsOnshore constructionOffshore constructionFoundationStatusConnection point+1 more
[6]
Power Technology2025◆ Power plant profile: Humber Gateway, UK
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsCommercial operationCOD historyTurbinesModelUnit capacity+1 more
[8]
E.ON UK (via windfair.net)2015-08-06
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
supportsFirst power
[9]