Atlantic Array

Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm
Location of Atlantic Array within England
Location	Bristol Channel, off the coast of North Devon and South Wales, UK
Coordinates	51°16′19″N 3°39′43″W
Commission date	2015 (expected)
Owner(s)	RWE Npower
Power station information
Primary fuel	Wind
Generation units	250-350 turbines
Power generation information
Maximum capacity	1500 MW

Atlantic Array is a proposed offshore wind farm development by RWE npower, planned for the Bristol Channel, off the coast of North Devon and South Wales. With a planned 1.5 gigawatt capacity, it would be one of the world's largest offshore wind farms.

A site within the UK's third round of offshore wind developments, it is located 9 miles (14 km) off of the coast of north Devon, and 10 miles (16 km) off the coast of South Wales. Covering an area the size of the Isle of Wight, the turbines will be visible from the North Devon, Gower, and Pembrokeshire coastlines. Originally proposed by Farm Energy2, now part of RWE npower, the company won the lease development rights from Crown Estates (owners of the UK seabed).

The current proposal would cost £3bn to create between 350 and 417 wind turbines, which RWE npower say is enough to power more than a million homes. The development if agreed is scheduled to come into operation by 2016.

Carwyn Jones, the First Minister of Wales, reiterated his frustration that big onshore wind farm decisions are to be taken outside Wales. He warned that Welsh Government planning guidance had been overruled by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, saying that it meant large onshore windfarms could be built anywhere in Wales.