List of offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea

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Arklow
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Gwynt y Môr
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West of Duddon Sands
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Walney
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Robin Rigg
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Ormonde
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Barrow
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Burbo Bank
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Rhyl Flats
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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.

Contents

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
OwnerRefs.
Gwynt y Môr Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  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 3.6-1072015 2,700 million40-9010 RWE npower, Stadtwerke München, Siemens [w 1] [3]
West of Duddon Sands Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  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 3.6-1202014 £1,600 million56-789 Ørsted, SSE [w 2] [4]
Walney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  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 million60-1008.5 Ørsted, SSE, OPW [w 3] [5]
Robin Rigg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  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 V90-3.0MW2010 £396 million0-407 E.ON [w 4] [1] [6] [7] [8]
Ormonde Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  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 5MW2012 £552 million55-709.5 Vattenfall [w 5] [9]
Barrow Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  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 V90-3.0MW2006 £123 million50-654 Ørsted [w 6] [10]
Burbo Bank Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  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 3.6-1072007 £90 million32-35%0-204.3 Ørsted [w 7] [1] [11] [7] [12] [13] p95
Rhyl Flats Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  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 3.6-1072009 £198 million13-505 RWE [w 8] [1] [7] [14]
North Hoyle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  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 V80-2MW2003 £80 million33-36%16-404.3 RWE [w 9] [1] [7] [13] [15] p43
Arklow Bank Flag of Ireland.svg  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 3.6MW20046-166.2 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 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.