Walney Offshore Wind Farm

Walney Offshore Windfarm is located far from the coast, which results in relatively low visual impacts.

The Walney Offshore Windfarm will be located approximately 15km from the coastline of Walney Island in a north west to south-easterly direction covering an area of approximately 73km².

In the first phase, the wind farm will consist of 51 turbines supplied by Siemens Wind Power – each with a capacity of 3.6MW and in total the annual net energy for Walney I is to be approximately 663GWh – which will make the wind farm one of the biggest of its kind in the world.

The Irish Sea is characterised by high tides, waves and windy weather. The difference between high tide and low tide is approximately 8 metres. The wind speed is estimated to an average of 9.3 m/s at 80m. 

For further information, visit the website of Walney Offshore Wind Farm.

Generating capacity: 367 MW
Number of turbines: 102
(phase 1 and 2)
Commercial operation: 2012
Owner of the project: DONG Energy (50.1 %), PGGM and Ampère Equity Fund (24.8 %) and SSE (25.1%)
Country: United Kingdom