Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ N , 3 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
| country | United Kingdom | ||
| Waters | Irish Sea ( Liverpool Bay ) | ||
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| Type | Offshore wind farm | ||
| Primary energy | Wind energy | ||
| power | 576 MW | ||
| operator | Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm Ltd | ||
| Start of operations | June 2015 (official) | ||
| turbine | 160 Siemens SWT 3.6-107 | ||
| was standing | 2015 | ||
The Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm ( Welsh 'wind in the sea') is an offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea ( Liverpool Bay ) off the Welsh coast. It is located near the North Hoyle and Rhyl Flats wind farms and was officially commissioned in June 2015.
General
The wind farm has 160 wind turbines of the type Siemens SWT 3.6-107 (3.6 MW rated power , rotor diameter 107 m). Together they have a nominal electrical output of 576 MW and generate around 1950 gigawatt hours of electricity per year . This amount of electricity corresponds to the electricity needs of around 400,000 British households.
The systems are located in average water depths between 12 and 28 meters. They are each between 350 and 1000 meters apart. The project cost around two billion euros.
Developer ( English developer ) and operators ( English operator ) of the wind farm Gwynt y Môr is a joint venture involving the following companies: RWE Innogy with 50% (up to the sale of part of it to the 'UK Green Investment Bank' there were 60 %), Stadtwerke München with 30% and Siemens with 10%.
Construction progress
After preparatory work, the monopiles were founded from August 2012 to May 2013 . The monopiles are 45 to 64 meters long and about 6 meters in diameter. From April 2013 to July 2014 the wind turbines were mounted on the monopiles. It came u. a. RWE's own installation ship Friedrich Ernestine is used. At the beginning of 2013, cabling work began between the wind turbines and the two transformer platforms that had already been built ; The last inner park cable was laid in November 2014. The first wind turbine fed electricity into the grid in August 2013.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ World's second largest offshore wind farm opens off coast of Wales . In: Wales Online , June 18, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ Frank Binder: RWE: Milestones in sea wind farms · All 160 turbines for “Gynt y Môr” built off the Welsh coast . In: Daily port report of July 2, 2014, p. 15
- ↑ Annual Report 2014, p. 8 ( Memento from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (pdf)
- ↑ RWE.com: New investor for RWE offshore wind farm
- ↑ greeninvestmentbank.com March 31, 2014: UK Green Investment Bank invests £ 461m in the UK offshore wind sector ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b 4COffshore
- ↑ www.windpoweroffshore.com: Gwynt y Mor exports first power
- ^ Gwynt y Mor completed . In: Windpower Offshore , November 24, 2014. Accessed November 25, 2014.
