List of offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea

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List of offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea is located in British Isles
Arklow
Arklow
Gwynt y Môr
Gwynt y Môr
West of Duddon Sands
West of Duddon Sands
Walney
Walney
Robin Rigg
Robin Rigg
Ormonde
Ormonde
Barrow
Barrow
Burbo Bank
Burbo Bank
Rhyl Flats
Rhyl Flats
North Hoyle
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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 3°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″N 5°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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b 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.