List of offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea

Arklow

Gwynt y Môr

West of Duddon Sands

Walney

Robin Rigg

Ormonde

Barrow

Burbo Bank

Rhyl Flats

North Hoyle

This is a complete list of operational, offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea and connected areas such as the Celtic Sea and North Channel.

This information is gathered from multiple Internet sources, ^{[1] [2]} and primarily the 4C Offshore's Global Offshore Wind Farm Map and Database and is current up to February 2015. The name of the Wind Farm is the name used by the Energy Company when referring to the Farm and is usually related to a shoal or the name of the nearest town on shore. The Wind Farm part is implied and hence removed for clarity.

The list is sorted by capacity, but it can be sorted in any way by clicking the symbol >< at the top in each column.

Wind farm	Country	Location	Cap. (MW)	Turbines	Commissioned	Build Cost	Cap. fac.	Depth range (ft)	mi to shore	Owner	Refs.
Gwynt y Môr	United Kingdom	53°27′00″N3°35′00″W / 53.45000°N 3.58333°W / 53.45000; -3.58333 (Gwynt y Môr 576 W)	576	160 Siemens SWP 3.6-107	2015	€2,700 million		40-90	10	RWE npower, Stadtwerke München, Siemens	[w 1] [3]
West of Duddon Sands	United Kingdom	53°59′00″N3°28′00″W / 53.98333°N 3.46667°W / 53.98333; -3.46667 (West of Duddon Sands 389 W)	389	108 Siemens SWP 3.6-120	2014	£1,600 million		56-78	9	Ørsted, SSE	[w 2] [4]
Walney	United Kingdom	54°03′00″N3°31′00″W / 54.05000°N 3.51667°W / 54.05000; -3.51667 (Walney 1029 W)	1029	102 Siemens SWP 3.6-107 and 40 MHI Vestas 8.25MW (likely V164 model based variants) with 47 Siemens-Gamesa SWT-7.0-154 turbines.	2010	£1,200 million		60-100	8.5	Ørsted, SSE, OPW	[w 3] [5]
Robin Rigg	United Kingdom	54°45′00″N3°43′00″W / 54.75000°N 3.71667°W / 54.75000; -3.71667 (Robin Rigg 180W)	180	60 × Vestas V90-3.0MW	2010	£396 million		0-40	7	E.ON	[w 4] [1] [6] [7] [8]
Ormonde	United Kingdom	54°06′00″N3°24′00″W / 54.10000°N 3.40000°W / 54.10000; -3.40000 (Ormonde 150 W)	150	30 × REpower 5MW	2012	£552 million		55-70	9.5	Vattenfall	[w 5] [9]
Barrow	United Kingdom	53°59′00″N3°17′00″W / 53.98333°N 3.28333°W / 53.98333; -3.28333 (Barrow 90 W)	90	30 × Vestas V90-3.0MW	2006	£123 million		50-65	4	Ørsted	[w 6] [10]
Burbo Bank	United Kingdom	53°29′00″N3°11′00″W / 53.48333°N 3.18333°W / 53.48333; -3.18333 (Burbo Bank 90W)	90	25 × Siemens SWP 3.6-107	2007	£90 million	32-35%	0-20	4.3	Ørsted	[w 7] [1] [11] [7] [12] [13] p95
Rhyl Flats	United Kingdom	53°22′00″N3°39′00″W / 53.36667°N 3.65000°W / 53.36667; -3.65000 (Rhyl Flats 90W)	90	25 × Siemens SWP 3.6-107	2009	£198 million		13-50	5	RWE	[w 8] [1] [7] [14]
North Hoyle	United Kingdom	53°26′00″N3°24′00″W / 53.43333°N 3.40000°W / 53.43333; -3.40000 (North Hoyle 60W)	60	30 × Vestas V80-2MW	2003	£80 million	33-36%	16-40	4.3	RWE	[w 9] [1] [7] [13] [15] p43
Arklow Bank	Ireland	52°47′20″N5°56′56″W / 52.78889°N 5.94889°W / 52.78889; -5.94889 (Arklow Bank 25W)	25	7 × GE Wind Energy 3.6MW	2004			6-16	6.2	SSE Airtricity	[w 10] [1] [16]
"Cap." is the rated nameplate capacity of the wind farm " When " is the year when the windfarm was or will be commissioned and put into service. "Cost" is the total capital cost of the project up to commissioning. "Cap. Fac." is the average capacity factor, i.e. the average power generated by the windfarm, as a percentage of its nameplate capacity. "mi to shore" is the average distance of the windfarm to shore, or (where available) the distance from the in-farm transformer/substation to the shore "Depth range (ft)" is the range of minimum to maximum depths of water that the windfarm is sited in "Refs" cite the source references for the information. The [w ...] footnotes link to each windfarm's own home page

Windfarm home pages

1. Gwynt y Môr
2. West of Duddon Sands
3. Walney Offshore Windfarm
4. Robin Rigg
5. Ormonde, Irish Sea
6. Barrow Offshore Wind Farm
7. Burbo Bank
8. Rhyl Flats
9. North Hoyle
10. No official website available as of 2015.

See also

• Energy portal
• Europe portal

• Wind power in Europe
• List of wind farms
• List of offshore wind farms
• Lists of offshore wind farms by country
• Lists of offshore wind farms by water area
• List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom

References

1. Operational offshore wind farms in Europe, end 2009 EWEA . Retrieved: 23 October 2010.
2. Steve Kopits and Adam Westwood. Offshore Wind: Time for a Market Take-off? Renewable Energy World, 8 October 2009, Table 1.
3. Gwynt y Môr (UK) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 9 February 2015.
4. West of Duddon Sands (UK) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 9 February 2015.
5. Walney 1, Walney 2 4C . Retrieved: 9 February 2015.
6. Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm, Kent, United Kingdom Power Technology. Retrieved: 7 November 2010.
7. RenewableUK operational wind farm List Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine BWEA . Retrieved: 7 November 2010.
8. Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 7 November 2010.
9. Ormonde (UK) offshore wind farm 4C . Retrieved: 9 February 2015.
10. Barrow Offshore Wind Farm (UK) 4C . Retrieved: 9 February 2015.
11. Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm, Kent, United Kingdom Power Technology. Retrieved: 7 November 2010.
12. Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 7 November 2010.
13. Dunford et al. UK Renewable Energy Data, Issue 10 Renewable Energy Foundation , 29 July 2010. Accessed: 30 September 2011.
14. Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 7 November 2010.
15. North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm (United Kingdom) 4C . Retrieved: 7 November 2010.
16. Arklow Bank Offshore Wind Farm (Ireland) 4C . Retrieved: 7 November 2010.