The Gunfleet Sands project is located approximately 7km south-east of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. The project consists of two phases, Gunfleet Sands 1 with 30 turbines and Gunfleet Sands 2 with 18 turbines. The capacity of each turbine is 3.6MW, giving a total capacity of the Gunfleet Sands project of 172MW.
All consents and licenses to build the first phase of the project - Gunfleet Sands 1 - have been achieved. In June 2007 applications for Gunfleet Sands 2 were lodged with the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). A decision by BERR on the Gunfleet Sands 2 application is expected in the spring of 2008.