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Siemens: Construction of first turbine at Gwynt y Môr wind farm
At 576MW, Gwynt y Môr is one of the largest offshore wind farms currently in construction in Europe. It is a shared
investment between partners RWE Innogy, Stadtwerke München GmbH and Siemens. Once fully operational, energy generation
from Gwynt y Môr is expected to be equivalent to the average annual needs of around 400,000
homes, a third of the total number of households in Wales.
The installation marks a major milestone in the construction of the €2billion wind-farm, The first 3.6 megawatt Siemens
turbine was fitted more than eight miles of the North Wales coast in Liverpool Bay, using the SeaJack vessel yesterday
(Thursday 16 May).
Turbine installation is being carried out from the Port of Mostyn in Flintshire which has undergone extensive redevelopment
to accommodate the new construction base. Through further multi-million pound investment, the port will also become the long
term operations and maintenance base for the wind farm, creating over 100 new jobs, once Gwynt y Môr is completed in 2014.
Clark MacFarlane, managing director for Siemens Wind Power – Offshore in the UK said: “Gwynt y Môr represents a significant
investment for Siemens in its UK wind energy portfolio consisting now of twelve offshore wind farms powered by Siemens
technologies. As one of the major Round 2 installations Gwynt y Môr represents another step forward for the UK offshore
industry. We are delighted that installation has now commenced and look forward to making significant progress over the
coming months.”
RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y Môr Project Director, Toby Edmonds said: “We’re very pleased to be able to mark such a
significant milestone in the construction of our flagship Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, the largest renewables project
under construction in the RWE portfolio. “Energy generation from our own domestic, limitless and renewable sources has been
demonstrated to be of such importance to Wales and the UK’s future energy security, and Gwynt y Môr’s turbines will soon
begin to make a significant contribution to that generation capacity.”
Since work began in 2010, Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited has awarded
contracts worth more than Ł80million to companies in Wales.
Source: www.siemens.com
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