Lynn

Lynn is an offshore wind farm in the southern North Sea (The Wash) off the Lincolnshire coast near Skegness, with a nameplate of 97.2 MW delivered by 27 Siemens 3.6 MW machines and developed as the paired site to Inner Dowsing. The two adjacent Round 1 sites were combined for planning and construction and together (Lynn + Inner Dowsing) provide 194 MW from 54 turbines. Lynn was taken through consent and construction in the mid-2000s: site-specific geotechnical and wave modelling informed foundation design, a 2006 test pile programme validated drivability in chalk, foundations and array cabling were installed in 2007, and turbine installation and commissioning completed around 2009. Installation works used specialist assets (for example the M.V. Resolution installation vessel) and Nexans supplied the submarine export and array cables. Commercially the project was developed and initially operated by Centrica Renewable Energy; Centrica sold a 50% stake in the combined Lynn & Inner Dowsing development to TCW in October 2009 (public reporting at the time). Lynn’s role is primarily a Round‑1, nearshore UK project that helped establish early operational experience for larger North Sea developments; its paired layout with Inner Dowsing and the early divestment of equity are the notable commercial features. Sources report commissioning and first exports in 2009 and document the test-pile, foundation and cable contractors involved.