Ormonde Wind Farm

Ormonde Wind Farm

The SeaJack installation vessel, Belfast Lough, 30 May 2011 en route from Harland and Wolff
Location of Ormonde Wind Farm off the coast of England
Country England, United Kingdom
Location West of Barrow-in-Furness, Irish Sea
Coordinates
Status Under construction
Construction began May 2010
Commission date August 2011
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
As of 8 February 2011

The Ormonde Wind Farm is a wind farm west of Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish Sea. The wind farm covers an area of 8.7 square kilometres (3.4 sq mi). It has a total capacity of 150 MW and is expected to produce around 500 GWh of electricity per year.[1]

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 was completed in August 2011.[2][3] 30 turbines each with 5 MW nameplate capacity are provided by REpower and electrical works are to be carried out by Areva.[4] Steel foundations for generators are developed and designed by OWEC Tower and produced by Burntisland Fabrications.[5] Logistics and assembly services are provided by Harland and Wolff. Generators will be installed by A2SEA.[6] The first four steel foundations were delivered in July 2010,[1] 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.

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References

  1. ^ a b Snieckus, Darius (2010-07-15). "Foundations for Vattenfall's Ormonde wind farm on the way". ReCharge (NHST Media Group). http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article221830.ece. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
  2. ^ Wolstenholme, Matthew (2010-05-04). "Vattenfall starts construction work on Ormonde wind farm". ReCharge (NHST Media Group). (subscription required). http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article214033.ece. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
  3. ^ "Work on Ormonde Wind Farm off Barrow completed". BBC News. 2011-08-03. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14384889. Retrieved 2011-08-16. 
  4. ^ Johnson, Rachel (2009-02-26). "Work contracts awarded for Ormonde offshore wind hybrid". NewEnergyFocus.com. http://www.newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=2304. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
  5. ^ "Burntisland bags wind job". Upstream Online (NHST Media Group). 2009-02-20. (subscription required). http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article172631.ece. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
  6. ^ Stromsta, Karl-Erik (2010-06-01). "A2SEA bags contract for work on Vattenfall's Ormonde project". ReCharge (NHST Media Group). (subscription required). http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article216435.ece. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 

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