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, Update year, Start 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)
- 2025-08-25
- Date (Creation)
- 2014-06-01
- Citation identifier
- EMODnet_HA_Energy_WindFarms_20250825
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Centro Tecnológico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR
Author OSPAR
Resource provider THE WIND POWER
Resource provider HELCOM - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission
Resource provider WIND EUROPE
Resource provider Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Resource provider Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, Self-employed and Energy (FPS Economy)
Resource provider Danish Maritime Authority (Secretariat for maritime spatial planning)
Resource provider Ministry of Finance (Planning Department) (Rahandusministeerium)
Resource provider Ministry of The Environment and Regionals councils (Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, Southwest Finland, Satakunta, Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia and Lapland)
Resource provider Åland Provincial Government
Resource provider Cerema
Resource provider Ministère de la Transition Écologique (GéoLittoral)
Resource provider Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH)
Resource provider Northland Deutsche Bucht GmbH
Resource provider Marine Institute
Resource provider Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of The Republic of Latvia
Resource provider EPSOG, Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuanian Energy Agency
Resource provider Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (Noordzeeloket)
Resource provider Rijkswaterstaat - Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Resource provider Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation, Maritime offices of Gdynia, Slupsk and Szczecin
Resource provider Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos (DGRM)
Resource provider The Crown Estate UK
Resource provider Crown Estate Scotland
Resource provider Government of Spain - Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
Resource provider Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Resource provider Länsstyrelsen
Resource provider
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Energy resources
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GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
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energy
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.4
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wind power
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- Denominator
- 100000
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Economy
- Utilities communication
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- Begin date
- 2014-06-01
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations on public access
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- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
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Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Other constraints
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This data was downloaded from the EMODnet Portal ( https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/). The data originator is CETMAR.
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK
https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities EMODnet Human Activities
OGC:WMS
https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/wms? windfarms
OGC:WMS
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
https://ows.emodnet-humanactivities.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8201070b-4b0b-4d54-8910-abcea5dce57f/attachments/EMODnet_HA_Energy_WindFarms_20250825.zip EMODnet_HA_Energy_WindFarms_20250825.zip
- Distribution format
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Name Version Esri geodatabase gco:nilReason="unknown"> Esri shapefile gco:nilReason="unknown">
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-12-04
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2009-12-15
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Conformance result
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Statement
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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
- 2025-09-17T10:14:05.349689Z
- Metadata standard name
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ISO19115
- Metadata standard version
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2003/Cor.1:2006
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Centro Tecnológico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR
Point of contact
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