Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm
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Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm is a large offshore wind power facility in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex, England, contributing renewable electricity to the UK grid.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8213219 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm Context triple: [London Array, locatedNear, Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm]
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A.
Thanet Offshore Wind Farm
Thanet Offshore Wind Farm is a large offshore wind power facility located off the coast of Kent, England, known for being one of the earliest and once the largest operational offshore wind farms in the world.
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B.
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm is one of the United Kingdom’s early commercial offshore wind power projects, located off the coast of North Wales and contributing renewable electricity to the national grid.
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C.
Barrow Offshore Wind Farm
Barrow Offshore Wind Farm is a UK offshore wind power facility located in the Irish Sea that generates renewable electricity from wind turbines installed in coastal waters.
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D.
Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm
Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm is a large offshore wind power facility located in the Irish Sea, generating renewable electricity from wind turbines installed in coastal waters.
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E.
Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm
Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm is a UK offshore wind power facility located in the Irish Sea off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, generating renewable electricity from a series of seabed-mounted wind turbines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm Target entity description: Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm is a large offshore wind power facility in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex, England, contributing renewable electricity to the UK grid.
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A.
Thanet Offshore Wind Farm
Thanet Offshore Wind Farm is a large offshore wind power facility located off the coast of Kent, England, known for being one of the earliest and once the largest operational offshore wind farms in the world.
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B.
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm is one of the United Kingdom’s early commercial offshore wind power projects, located off the coast of North Wales and contributing renewable electricity to the national grid.
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C.
Barrow Offshore Wind Farm
Barrow Offshore Wind Farm is a UK offshore wind power facility located in the Irish Sea that generates renewable electricity from wind turbines installed in coastal waters.
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D.
Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm
Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm is a large offshore wind power facility located in the Irish Sea, generating renewable electricity from wind turbines installed in coastal waters.
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E.
Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm
Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm is a UK offshore wind power facility located in the Irish Sea off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, generating renewable electricity from a series of seabed-mounted wind turbines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | offshore wind farm ⓘ |
| commissioned | 2010 ⓘ |
| connectedTo | onshore substation in Essex ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 2008 ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
ⓘ
renewable electricity generation in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developedBy | DONG Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceToNearestPort | near Harwich and Clacton ports ⓘ |
| electricalCapacity |
172 MW
ⓘ
approximately 172 megawatts ⓘ |
| formerlyKnownAs | Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm (owned by DONG Energy) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gridCodeCompliance | UK Grid Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gridConnection | UK National Grid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDemonstrationProject | Gunfleet Sands 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDemonstrationTurbinesSupplier | Siemens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalImpactMitigation | marine environmental monitoring programmes ⓘ |
| hasExportCableVoltage | 132 kV class (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasOwnerHistory | DONG Energy rebranded to Ørsted ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Gunfleet Sands 1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gunfleet Sands 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gunfleet Sands 3 Demonstration Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubstationType | offshore substation ⓘ |
| hasTechnology | fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines ⓘ |
| industry | renewable energy industry ⓘ |
| isPartOf | UK Round 1 and Round 2 style offshore wind developments ⓘ |
| locatedAtDistanceFromShore |
about 4.3 miles
ⓘ
about 7 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Thames Estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInSeaArea | southern North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Clacton-on-Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf | Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTurbines |
48
ⓘ
51 including demonstration turbines ⓘ |
| operator | Ørsted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Ørsted NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | UK offshore wind sector ⓘ |
| primaryFuel | wind ⓘ |
| purpose | generation of renewable electricity ⓘ |
| region | East of England ⓘ |
| regulatoryJurisdiction | United Kingdom energy regulation ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| usesTurbineModel | Siemens SWT-3.6-107 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterDepth | approximately 5 to 15 metres ⓘ |
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Subject: Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm Description of subject: Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm is a large offshore wind power facility in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex, England, contributing renewable electricity to the UK grid.
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