Rampion 2: powering Sussex, protecting our planet

The RWE-operated Rampion Offshore Wind Farm supplies enough green energy to power almost 409,000 homes – around half the homes in Sussex – and cuts CO₂ emissions by up to 600,000 tonnes a year. It opened in November 2018.

On 4 April 2025, the Rampion 2 Team were awarded consent for the Rampion 2 Wind Farm by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. The Consent Order allows up to 90 offshore turbines 13–26km off the Sussex coast, with a maximum blade-tip height of 325m, across a 160km² array, supported by up to three offshore substations and subsea cables making a landfall at Climping Beach.

Onshore works include a 38.8km underground cable route with 27 trenchless crossings, a new substation at Oakendene near Cowfold, and final grid connection at Bolney. The cable route comes ashore at Brooklands Pleasure Park in Worthing and runs beneath the railway, A27 and River Adur, then northeast past the Old Cement Works, across the South Downs and the Weald, to the new Bolney substation.

All Rampion cables are underground; existing Rampion cables cannot be reused as they lack capacity for the threefold increase in power from Rampion 2.

With a planned capacity of 1200 MW, Rampion 2 could power over one million homes and cut carbon emissions by around 1.8 million tonnes a year. Combined with the existing wind farm, it could meet the entire electricity demand of Sussex.

The Rampion Visitor Centre at 76-81 Kings Road Arches, east of the i360, offers exhibitions, videos, VR and interactive displays about the wind farm, offshore wind and climate change. Boat trips to the site are available via operators listed on the Rampion website.