# The Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Generation Assets Order 2025, Paragraph 2: Design parameters

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The wind turbine generators to be constructed and operated as part of the authorised project must be located within the area shown on the offshore works plan.
(2) No part of any wind turbine generator to be constructed as part of the authorised project shall oversail or extend beyond the Order limits.
(3) The authorised project must be constructed in accordance with the parameters set out in Table 2.
Table 2
Parameter
Value
Maximum number of wind turbine generators
35
Maximum total rotor swept area (m2)
1,858,252
Maximum height of wind turbine generators when measured from HAT to the tip of the vertical blade (m)
310
Maximum rotor diameter of each wind turbine generator (m)
280
Minimum distance from HAT to the lowest point of the rotating blade for each turbine (m)
25
Minimum intra-row distance (between wind turbine generators in a row of wind turbine generators) (m)
1,060
Minimum inter-row distance (between rows of wind turbine generators) (m)
1,410
Maximum diameter of monopiles for wind turbine generators on monopile foundations (m)
12
Maximum diameter of piles for wind turbine generators on multi-legged jackets with piling foundations (m)
3
Maximum diameter of gravity base at the seabed for wind turbine generators on gravity base foundations (m)
65
Maximum diameter of suction buckets for wind turbine generators on multi-legged jackets with suction bucket foundations (m)
20
Maximum diameter of monopiles for offshore substation platform monopile foundations (m)
12
Maximum diameter of piles for offshore substation platforms on multi-legged jackets with piling foundations (m)
3
Maximum diameter of gravity base at the seabed for offshore substation platforms on gravity base foundations (m)
65
Maximum diameter of suction buckets for offshore substation platforms on multi-legged jackets with suction bucket foundations (m)
20
Maximum total seabed footprint of wind turbine generators (including scour protection) (m2)
248,080
Maximum number of offshore substation platforms
2
Maximum dimensions of offshore substation platforms (excluding towers, helipads, masts, cranes and lightning protection):
(a) Height when measured from HAT (m)
50
(b) Length (m)
50
(c) Width (m)
50
Maximum height when measured from HAT of offshore substation platforms (including helipads and lightning protection) (m)
70
Maximum total seabed footprint area for offshore substation platform foundations (including scour protection) (m2)
14,176
Maximum total length of cables (inter-array cables and platform link cables) (km)
80
Maximum number of cable crossings
15
Maximum volume of natural material for disposal (m3)
1,416,463
Maximum total footprint of scour protection (m2) (exclusive of foundations for wind turbine generators and offshore substation platforms)
139,490
Maximum total volume of scour protection for wind turbine generators and offshore substation platforms (m3)
278,980
Maximum footprint of cable protection (m2) (including cable protection, entries to offshore substation platforms and wind turbine generators and cable crossings)
216,250
Maximum volume of cable protection (m3) (including cable protection, entries to offshore substation platforms and wind turbine generators and cable crossings)
259,700
Maximum hammer energy (kilojoules or kJ) employed during installation of pin piles
2,500
Maximum hammer energy (kilojoules or kJ) employed during installation of monopile foundations
6,600
(4) The wind turbine generators to be constructed or operated as part of the authorised project must have the same height and rotor diameter, unless otherwise agreed by the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1366/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/morecambe-offshore-windfarm-generation-assets-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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