Gwynt y Môr
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Gwynt y Môr is a proposed 576 MW offshore wind farm
located off the coast of North Wales
. Planning consent for the project was granted on the 3rd of December 2008, and construction is expected to begin in 2011 with final commissioning in 2014.
The project has a value of 2 billion Euros, of which 1.2B goes to Siemens for turbines and electrical connections.
With 160 turbines of 3.6MW Siemens
SWT-3.6-107, Gwynt y Môr will be Wales' largest wind farm. The expected output of 1,950 GWh per year is capable of powering around 400,000 homes, or 40% of the homes in Wales, and preventing the release of about 1.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
every year.
As with all offshore wind farms in the UK, the seabed at Gwynt y Môr is owned by the Crown Estates, which has agreed to lease the land to npower renewables. The wind farm will be located in close proximity to the existing North Hoyle
and Rhyl Flats
offshore wind farms. All of these projects are wholly or partly owned by RWE npower renewables, a subsidiary of German company RWE
.
In the case of Gwynt y Môr, RWE holds 60%, Stadtwerke München
holds 30%, and Siemens holds 10%.
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
located off the coast of North Wales
North Wales
North Wales is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales. It is bordered to the south by the counties of Ceredigion and Powys in Mid Wales and to the east by the counties of Shropshire in the West Midlands and Cheshire in North West England...
. Planning consent for the project was granted on the 3rd of December 2008, and construction is expected to begin in 2011 with final commissioning in 2014.
The project has a value of 2 billion Euros, of which 1.2B goes to Siemens for turbines and electrical connections.
With 160 turbines of 3.6MW Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
SWT-3.6-107, Gwynt y Môr will be Wales' largest wind farm. The expected output of 1,950 GWh per year is capable of powering around 400,000 homes, or 40% of the homes in Wales, and preventing the release of about 1.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...
every year.
As with all offshore wind farms in the UK, the seabed at Gwynt y Môr is owned by the Crown Estates, which has agreed to lease the land to npower renewables. The wind farm will be located in close proximity to the existing North Hoyle
North Hoyle
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm is Wales' first offshore wind farm, and the UK's first major offshore renewable power project. Situated in Liverpool Bay, it commenced operation in 2003....
and Rhyl Flats
Rhyl Flats
Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm is a 25 turbine wind farm approximately 8 km north east of Llandudno in North Wales. It is Wales' second offshore wind farm and the third offshore wind farm to be built within Liverpool Bay...
offshore wind farms. All of these projects are wholly or partly owned by RWE npower renewables, a subsidiary of German company RWE
RWE
RWE AG , is a German electric power and natural gas public utility company based in Essen. Through its various subsidiaries, the energy company contributes electricity and gas to more than 20 million electricity customers and 10 million gas customers, principally in Europe...
.
In the case of Gwynt y Môr, RWE holds 60%, Stadtwerke München
Stadtwerke München
The Stadtwerke München GmbH or SWM is a German communal company, owned by the city of Munich. The SWM offers public services for the city and the region of Munich.- Subsidiaries and investments :...
holds 30%, and Siemens holds 10%.
See also
- Wind power in the United KingdomWind power in the United KingdomBy mid-2011, the installed capacity of wind power in the United Kingdom was over 5.7 gigawatts and the UK is ranked as the world’s eighth largest producer of wind power. Wind power is expected to continue growing in the UK for the foreseeable future, RenewableUK estimates that more than...
- List of offshore wind farms
- List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
- List of offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea
- npower (UK)Npower (UK)RWE Npower plc is a UK-based electricity and gas supply generation company, formerly known as Innogy plc. As Innogy plc it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index...