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RWE’s Welsh Offshore Wind Project Powers Ahead

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

Natural Resources Wales has awarded marine licences for RWE’s Awel y Môr offshore wind project off the North Wales Coast.

These two paragraphs outline the project.

The offshore wind farm, which could power more than half of Wales’ homes, has secured all of its necessary planning approvals with the award of its marine licences from Natural Resources Wales, RWE said.

The marine licences have been awarded on behalf of Welsh Government ministers following the granting of a Development Consent Order in September.

With all the wind action in the East, we tend to forget that the Liverpool Bay area has a lot of wind.

  • Awel y Môr – 500 MW – Before 2030
  • Barrow – 90 MW – 2006
  • Burbo Bank – 90 MW – 2007
  • Burbo Bank Extension – 258 MW – 2017
  • Gwynt y Môr – 576 MW – 2015
  • Mona – 1500 MW – 2029
  • Morecambe – 480 MW – 2028
  • Morgan – 1500 MW – 2029
  • North Hoyle – 60 MW – 2003
  • Ormonde – 150 MW – 2012
  • Rhyl Flats – 90 MW – 2009
  • Walney – 367 MW – 2010
  • Walney Extension – 659 MW – 2018
  • West Of Duddon Sands – 389 MW – 2014

Note.

  1. This is a total of 6709 MW to be delivered before 2030.
  2. All the wind farms have fixed foundations.
  3. RWE have an interest in three of the Welsh wind farms.

The Times today has this article which is entitled Energy Minnow Sees Pathway To Irish Sea Gasfield Via London IPO, where these are the first three paragraphs.

An energy minnow that is seeking to develop a gasfield in the Irish Sea is planning to list on Aim, the junior London stock exchange, in an attempt to buck the downturn in initial public offerings.

EnergyPathways has announced its intention to float, seeking to raise at least £2 million.

It owns the rights to Marram, a small gasfield discovered in 1993 about 20 miles offshore from Blackpool. It is seeking permission from the government for its plan to develop the field in the Irish Sea quickly by connecting it with existing infrastructure that serves the already-producing gasfields in Morecambe Bay. It aims to be producing gas as soon as 2025.

This gasfield should produce enough gas until the large Liverpool Bay wind farms come on stream at the end of the decade.

December 5, 2023 Posted by | Energy | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment