Robin Rigg offshore wind farm
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ N , 3 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ W | ||
| country | United Kingdom | ||
| Waters | Irish Sea | ||
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| Type | Offshore wind farm | ||
| Primary energy | Wind energy | ||
| power | 180 MW (electric) | ||
| owner | E.ON | ||
| Start of operations | 2010 | ||
| turbine | 60 × Vestas V90-3MW | ||
| Energy fed in per year | 550 GWh | ||
| Website | http://www.eon-uk.com/generation/robinrigg.aspx | ||
| was standing | 2011 | ||
Robin Rigg is an E.ON- operated offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea . It is located on a sand bar in the Solway Firth , an inlet that separates the English county of Cumbria from the Scottish coast.
By April 2010, a total of 60 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines with a hub height of 80 meters had been installed in a water depth of 3 to 21 meters. To install the systems of came up vessel MV Resolution used. The electricity generated is stepped up on a transformer platform in the wind farm and fed into the UK grid. In the first year of operation, the availability of the systems was 98%.
Approx. 550 GWh of electricity are to be generated per year , which corresponds to the needs of around 117,000 average English households.
See also
Web links
Commons : Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm - Collection of Images
- E.ON UK: Robin Rigg
- Robin Rigg at www.power-technology.com
- Documentation about Robin Rigg and the installation ship MV Resolution (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ E.ON Offshore Wind Energy Factbook ( Memento from March 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed on September 8, 2011
- ^ Solway Shore Stories. Robbin rig . Retrieved September 8, 2011
- ↑ E.On: Robin Rigg Offshore Wind FarmProject ( Memento from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.6 MB). Retrieved September 8, 2011