North Hoyle offshore wind farm
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 23 '27 " N , 3 ° 27' 9" W | ||
| country | United Kingdom | ||
| Waters | Irish Sea ( Liverpool Bay ) | ||
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| Type | Offshore wind farm | ||
| Primary energy | Wind energy | ||
| power | 30 × 2 = 60 MW (electrical) | ||
| operator | RWE Innogy (formerly npower ) | ||
| Start of operations | 2003 | ||
| turbine | 30 × Vestas type V80 | ||
The wind farm North Hoyle is an offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea ( Liverpool Bay / Bay of Liverpool ) about 8 km off the coast of Denbighshire , Wales ( United Kingdom ) between Rhyl and Prestatyn .
construction
There are 30 Vestas V80-2.0 wind turbines in the wind farm with a rotor diameter of 80 m and an installed electrical output of 2 megawatts (MW) each, for a total of around 60 MW. The 30 turbines are distributed in an arrangement of 6 × 5 over an area of approximately 10 km². The bay has water depths of 7–12 m at this point. The gondolas with the generators are 58 m above sea level. The steel towers on which the rotors are mounted have a diameter of 4 meters. The electricity produced is conducted on land via two submarine cables to a transformer station in Rhyl. In the wind farm itself, the cable runs in zigzag form from wind turbine to turbine, these are strung like pearls on a string.
North Hoyle is the first of four offshore wind farms in Liverpool Bay : The neighboring Rhyl Flats to the west with an output of 90 MW went into operation in 2009. Burbo Bank with 90 MW is further east . The much larger Gwynt y Môr park with 160 systems for 576 MW was officially put into operation in June 2015. Burbo Bank belongs to the Danish company Dong Energy , the other three belong to RWE Innogy (formerly RWE npower ).
history
North Hoyle Park is part of "Round 1" of the Crown Estate's offshore wind farm development program , which began in late 2000.
The park was built in 2003/2004 and inaugurated in 2004 by the British Energy Secretary Mike O'Brien . At the time of completion it was the largest offshore wind farm in the UK.
The construction of the wind farm was officially supported by Greenpeace , the electricity produced was marketed as green electricity by npower under the brand name Juice (German: Saft ) .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b RWE Innogy: North Hoyle on rwe.com
- ↑ Case Study - North Hoyle on vestas.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, 183 kB, English)
- ↑ Location on npower-renewables.com (English)
- ↑ The Crown Estate: Marine - Offshore Wind Energy on thecrownestate.co.uk ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm on npower-renewables.com (English)
- ↑ Greenpeace UK: North Hoyle on greenpeace.org.uk ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
