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EMODnet Human Activities, Energy, Wind Farms

The dataset on offshore wind farms in the European seas was created in 2014 by CETMAR for the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). It is the result of the aggregation and harmonization of datasets provided by several sources. It is updated every year and it is available for viewing and download on EMODnet web portal (Human Activities, https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities). The dataset contains points and/or (where available) polygons representing offshore wind farms in the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. Each point and polygon has the following attributes (where available): Name, Nº of turbines, Status (Approved, Planned, Dismantled, Construction, Production, Test site), Country, Year, Power (MW), Distance to coast (metres) and Area (square kilometres). The distance to coast (EEA coastline shapefile) has been calculated using the UTM WGS84 Zone projected coordinate system where data fall in.

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Date (Publication)
2014-06-01
Date (Revision)
2024-05-08
Date (Creation)
2014-06-01
Citation identifier
EMODnet, Human Activities, Energy, Wind Farms
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Centro Tecnologico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR

[email protected]

Author

OSPAR

[email protected]

Resource provider

THE WIND POWER

[email protected]

Resource provider

HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission

[email protected]

Resource provider

WIND EUROPE

[email protected]

Resource provider

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

[email protected]

Resource provider

Danish Maritime Authority (Secretariat for maritime spatial planning)

[email protected] and [email protected]

Resource provider

Ministry of Finance (Planning Department) (Rahandusministeerium)

[email protected]

Resource provider

Ministry of The Environment and Regionals councils (Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, Southwest Finland, Satakunta, Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia and Lapland)

[email protected]

Resource provider

Åland Provincial Government

[email protected] and [email protected]

Resource provider

Cerema

[email protected]

Resource provider

Ministère de la Transition Écologique (GéoLittoral)

[email protected] , [email protected] and [email protected]

Resource provider

Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)

[email protected]

Resource provider

Northland Deutsche Bucht GmbH

[email protected]

Resource provider

Marine Institute

[email protected]

Resource provider

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of The Republic of Latvia

[email protected] and [email protected]

Resource provider

EPSOG, Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuanian Energy Agency

[email protected]

Resource provider

Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Noordzeeloket)

[email protected] and [email protected]

Resource provider

Rijkswaterstaat - Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

[email protected]

Resource provider

Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation, Maritime offices of Gdynia, Slupsk and Szczecin

[email protected]

Resource provider

Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos (DGRM)

[email protected]

Resource provider

The Crown Estate UK

[email protected] and [email protected]

Resource provider

Crown Estate Scotland

[email protected]

Resource provider

Government of Spain - Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge

[email protected] and [email protected]

Resource provider

Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management

[email protected] , [email protected] and [email protected]

Resource provider

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Energy resources

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • energy

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.4

  • wind power

Use limitation

Re-use of content for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the sources (both EMODnet - Human Activities, and primary sources) are acknowledged. EMODnet - Human Activities accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the re-use of content accessible on its website.

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Other restrictions
Other constraints

no limitation

Denominator
100000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Economy
  • Utilities communication
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Begin date
2014-06-01
Distribution format
Name Version

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unknown

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities

EMODnet Human Activities

OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map

https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms?

windfarms

OGC:WMS-1.3.0-http-get-map

https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms?

windfarmspoly

OGC:WFS

https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?

emodnet:windfarms

OGC:WFS

https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wfs?

emodnet:windfarmspoly

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8201070b-4b0b-4d54-8910-abcea5dce57f/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Energy_WindFarms_20250116.zip

EMODnet_HA_Energy_WindFarms_20250116.zip

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2008-12-04
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2009-12-15
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Statement

Data were retrieved from different sources. Validation and quality assurance remain up to primary data sources, while harmonization is carried out by CETMAR. For further information on validation and quality assurance, it is suggested that primary data sources are contacted. Generally speaking data are to be considered very reliable, because they come from national sources officially in charge for their collection as well as from well-known private sources. Information obtained from local sources was cross-checked with information from The Wind Power database (www.thewindpower.net).

Metadata

File identifier
8201070b-4b0b-4d54-8910-abcea5dce57f XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-06-02T13:21:52.670467Z
Metadata standard name

ISO19115

Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Centro Tecnologico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR

[email protected]

Point of contact
 
 

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