Vattenfall UK (formerly: Nuon Renewables) is a subsidiary of Vattenfall headquartered in London. It generates renewable energy, primarily through wind farms.
History Vattenfall UK was established as Nuon Renewables in 2000. It was a United Kingdom-based subsidiary of N.V. Nuon Energy. It has built wind farms across the UK with a potential annual power generation total of eight hundred megawatts.
In 2009, N.V. Nuon Energy was acquired by Vattenfall.Nuon and Vattenfall Join Forces to Create a Leading European Energy Company (23 February 2009) Business Wire In January 2012, it was merged with Vattenfall's other assets in the United Kingdom and was renamed Vattenfall UK.Nuon Renewables joins forces with Vattenfall in the UK (10 January 2012) Power Engineering International
In March 2020, Vattenfall UK sold its electric vehicle network to Statkraft and its supply side business, Energy, to EDF Energy.
Operations Vattenfall's core businesses in the United Kingdom are renewable power generation, heating, business-to-business sales and distribution. In 2025, Vattenfall UK began exploring the sale of its heating and electricity distribution businesses.
The company owns and operates numerous wind farms, some as small as their ten megawatt Parc Cynog wind farm, to others as large as Pen y Cymoedd Wind Energy, a 228-megawatt development. Their largest wind farm is Thanet, with a nameplate capacity of 300-megawatts. In 2023, Vattenfall UK announced that it planned to pause any further offshore wind farm development in Norfolk, and sold its Norfolk Wind Zone to RWE for £1 billion. + Wind farms Project Location Windmills State Generating Capacity Total HeightYear SubmittedYear OperationalAultmore Forest - Buckie - WindfarmAultmore Forest, Drybridge, Buckie16Proposed105.60 megawatts200 meters2024N/AClashindarrochClashindarroch Forest, Huntly18Operational37 megawattsN/A20092015Clashindarroch 2Clashindarroch Forest, Huntly14Approved77 megawatts180 meters2019N/AEdinbane Wind FarmCruachan Brinn Mhicaskill, Edinbane, Portree, Highlands18Operational41.4 megawatts20022010European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) - testing and demonstration siteAberdeenshire11Operational96.8 megawattsN/A20112018Harrington Former RAF Harrington Airfield 7 Denied 14 megawatts 126 meters Hirddywel Hirddywel 9 Proposed 27 megawatts 125 meters2010Kentish Flats60 km east of London30Operational90 megawatts20022005Kentish Flats 260 km east of London15Operational49.5 megawatts20122015 Llanbadarn Fynydd North of Llanbadarn Fynydd in Radnorshire, Powys 17 Denied 51 megawatts 126.5 meters2007N/AMuir Mhòr63 km east of Peterhead67Proposed51 megawatts340 meters2024 Mynydd Waun Fawr Southwest of Llanerfyl in Powys, Wales 15 (revised to 13) Withdrawn 37.5 megawatts 110 metersOrmonde Offshore10 km off Barrow on Furness, Heysham30Operational150 megawatts20052012Ourack6 km north of Granton-on-Spey18Under Development105 megawatts180 meters2022Pen Y CymoeddLand stretches from the Upper Afan Valley to end of Cynon Valley76Operational228 megawatts20092017Quantans Hill Wind FarmCarsphairn, Castle Douglas14Proposed96 megawatts200 meters2023Ray Wind FarmKirkwhelpington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne16Operational54.4 megawatts20052017South Kyle Wind Farmwithin Kyle Forest and to the east of Dalmellington50Under Development240 megawatts150 meters2013N/ASouth Kyle Wind Farm 2within Kyle Forest and to the east of Dalmellington11Proposed92.4 megwatts200 meters2025Thanet 11 km off North Foreland Kent100Operational300 megawatts20052010
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