Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm
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The Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm is a wind farm currently under construction west of Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish Sea. The wind farm will cover an area of 8.7 square kilometres (3.4 sq mi). It will have a total capacity of 150 MW and is expected to produce around 500 GWh of electricity per year.
Originally the Ormonde project was planned as a hybrid wind and natural gas powered electricity generation plant supplied from the Ormonde South and Ormonde North gas fields. The project was developed by Eclipse Energy. In 2008, Vattenfall bought Eclipse Energy and the project was developed as wind energy only. Construction started in 2010 and is expected to be completed in 2011.[2] 30 turbines each with 5 MW nameplate capacity are provided by REpower and electrical works are to be carried out by Areva. Steel foundations for generators are developed and designed by OWEC Tower and produced by Burntisland Fabrications. Logistics and assembly services are provided by Harland and Wolff. Generators will be installed by A2SEA. The first four steel foundations were delivered in July 2010, and are to be secured to the seabed, by a procedure called structural pile grouting, by FoundOcean, the subsea and offshore grouting specialist for the global energy construction industries.
Ormonde Wind Farm | |
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Country | England, United Kingdom |
Locale | 10 kilometres west of Barrow-in-Furness |
Status | Under construction |
Commission date | 2011 (expected) |
Owner(s) | Vattenfall |
Turbine information | |
Turbines | 30 |
Manufacturer(s) | REpower |
Model(s) | REpower 5M |
Hub height | 100 m (328 ft) |
Rotor diameter | 126 m (413 ft) |
Wind farm information | |
Surface area | 8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi) |
Avg. water depth | 17–21 m (56–69 ft) |
Distance from shore | 9.5 km (5.9 mi) |
Power generation information | |
Maximum capacity | 150 MW |
Annual generation | 500 GWh |