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Barrow Offshore Wind Farm
The Barrow Offshore Wind Farm is a 30 turbine 90MW capacity offshore wind farm in the East Irish Sea approximately southwest of Walney Island, near Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Construction of the wind farm took place between 2005 and 2006. The farm is operated by Barrow Offshore Wind Limited, owned by Ørsted A/S. Planning and design Barrow wind farm was a UK Round 1 wind farm development originally developed by Warwick Energy Limited. Barrow (4C Offshore) ''Developers/Owners/Operators'' A planning application was submitted in 2001, and planning consent given in March 2003; the project was sold to Centrica (25%, c.£22.5million), Ørsted A/S (then named DONG Energy) (37.5%), and Statkraft (37.5%) in Sep. 2003. The estimated cost of developing the project was £100 million, of which £10million was provided by a UK government grant. In 2004 Centrica and Ørsted bought the Statkraft stake, forming a 50:50 joint venture in the development. The initial Warwick Energy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walney Island
Walney Island, also known as the Isle of Walney, is an island off the west coast of England, at the western end of Morecambe Bay in the Irish Sea. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is part of Barrow-in-Furness, separated from the mainland by Walney Channel, which is spanned by the Jubilee Bridge. Walney is the largest island of the Furness Islands group, both in population and size, as well as the largest English island in the Irish Sea. Its population at the 2011 UK Census was 10,651, distributed evenly across the island's two Wards of Walney North and Walney South. Walney Island formed during the last glacial period, when the River Duddon was a large glacial lake, depositing till at its mouth, which became Walney. Some evidence of Neolithic inhabitants has been found in the island's sand dunes, though its name is likely of Norse origin. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IEC 61400
IEC 61400 is an international standard published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) regarding wind turbines. Purpose and function IEC 61400 is a set of design requirements made to ensure that wind turbines are appropriately engineered against damage from hazards within the planned lifetime. The standard concerns most aspects of the turbine life from site conditions before construction, to turbine components being tested,Woebbeking, Mike"IEC TS 61400-22"pages 1-2 and 9 ''Germanischer Lloyd'', 2008. Accessed: 12 March 2011Archive/ref> assembled and operated. Wind turbines are capital intensive, and are usually purchased before they are being erected and Project commissioning, commissioned. Some of these standards provide technical conditions verifiable by an certification body, independent, third party, and as such are necessary in order to make business agreements so wind turbines can be financed and erected. IEC started standardizing international certifica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Buildings And Structures In Barrow-in-Furness
This list of the tallest buildings and structures in Barrow-in-Furness ranks buildings and structures by height. There are a diverse range of tall structures within the borough, the tallest of which is currently Devonshire Dock Hall, a shipbuilding hall occupied by BAE Systems. In addition to buildings and structures within Barrow, Ormonde Wind Farm, Walney Wind Farm and the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm form a cluster of wind farms off the coast of Barrow, the tallest turbines of which reach a height of 120m (394ft). __TOC__ Completed This lists buildings and structures in Barrow-in-Furness that are at least tall. On Land/ Urban Limits An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Off Shore An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Demolished This lists buildings and structures in Barrow-in-Furness that were at least tall and have since been demolished. See also * List of tall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Offshore Wind Farms In The United Kingdom
This is a list of offshore wind farms within the national maritime boundary, maritime boundaries of the United Kingdom. In April 2025 the nameplate capacity of offshore wind farms in operation was approximately 16 GW, with a further 8 GW under construction and 4.2GW in Pre-Construction. Contracts for Difference (UK electricity market support), Contracts for difference for a further 1.4 GW have been awarded by the UK Government. A further 47.3 GW are in early planning stages. If all the proposed wind farms are developed, then in the 2030s, the United Kingdom will have a nameplate capacity of approximately 79 GW. __TOC__ Operational offshore wind farms In October 2023, there were offshore wind farms consisting of 2,755 turbines with a combined capacity of 15,585 megawatts. Strike price is based on £/MWh at 2012 prices. Map of the UK offshore wind farms Wind farms under construction These are offshore wind farms currently under construction (offshore), with a combined capa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Of Duddon Sands Wind Farm
West of Duddon Sands Wind Farm (WoDS), occasionally also known as West Duddon Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm located south west of Walney Island off the coast of Barrow-in-FurnessIberdrola, Dong Energy order Siemens turbines for West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm ''RenewBL'', 27 June 2011. Accessed: 22 March 2012. in , in the , |
Walney Wind Farm
Walney Wind Farms are a group of offshore wind farms west of Walney Island off the coast of Cumbria, England, in the Irish Sea. The group, operated by ØrstedThe World's Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Is Here ''fortune.com'', 6 September 2018. Accessed: 6 September 2018. (formerly Dong Energy), consists of Walney Phase 1, Phase 2 and the Walney Extension. The extension has a capacity of 659 MW and it was the world's second largest offshore wind farm in 2018. The wind farms were develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ormonde Wind Farm
The Ormonde Wind Farm is a wind farm west of Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish Sea. The wind farm covers an area of . It has a total capacity of 150 MW and is expected to produce around 500 GWh of electricity per year. Planning 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. The project management company throughout the project has been Offshore Design Engineering. Construction Construction started in 2010 and was completed in August 2011. Prysmian provided submarine power cable connections including 27 km of 33 kV inter-array cables to connect the wind turbines and a 42 km of 132 kV export cable to connect the wind farm to the substation. 30 turbines each with 5 MW nameplate capacity a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levelised Cost
The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is a measure of the average net present cost of electricity generation for a generator over its lifetime. It is used for investment planning and to compare different methods of electricity generation on a consistent basis. The more general term levelized cost of energy may include the costs of either electricity or heat. The latter is also referred to as ''levelized cost of heat''''A Comparative Cost Assessment of Energy Production from ...'' Nian, Energy Procedia, 2016 or ''levelized cost of heating'' (LCOH), or ''levelized cost of thermal energy''. Definition The cost of electricity production depends on costs during the ''expected'' lifetime of the generator and the amount of electricity the generator is ''expecte ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capacity Factor
The net capacity factor is the unitless ratio of actual electrical energy output over a given period of time to the theoretical maximum electrical energy output over that period. The theoretical maximum energy output of a given installation is defined as that due to its continuous operation at full nameplate capacity over the relevant period. The capacity factor can be calculated for any electricity producing installation, such as a fuel consuming power plant or one using renewable energy, such as wind, the sun or hydro-electric installations. The average capacity factor can also be defined for any class of such installations, and can be used to compare different types of electricity production. The actual energy output during that period and the capacity factor vary greatly depending on a range of factors. The capacity factor can never exceed the availability factor, or uptime during the period. Uptime can be reduced due to, for example, reliability issues and maintenance, schedul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nexans
Nexans S.A. is a global company in the cable and optical fibre industry headquartered in Paris, France. The group is active in four main business areas: buildings and territories (construction, local infrastructure, smart cities / grids, e-mobility), high voltage and projects ( offshore wind farms, subsea interconnections, land high voltage), data and telecoms (telecom networks), data transmission, FTTx, LAN cabling, renewable energies, petroleum, railways and rolling stock, aeronautical and automation. It is the world's second largest manufacturer of cables after Prysmian S.p.A. In 2017 the Group operated in 34 countries with over 26,000 employees and sales of around €6.4 billion. Nexans was founded in 2000 as a business unit of the telecommunications firm Alcatel after its acquisition of a number of companies in the cable sector. It was spun out and listed on the Paris stock exchange the following year. It is currently listed on Euronext Paris, Compartment A. Nexans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prysmian
Prysmian S.p.A. is a multinational company with headquarters in Milan, Italy, specialising in the production of electrical cable for use in the energy and telecom sectors and for optical fibres. Prysmian is present in Europe with 48 plants, 23 in North America, 13 in LATAM, 13 APAC, 7 MEAT. It is the world leader in the production of cables for wind farms. The company is listed on the Borsa Italiana in the FTSE MIB index. On 4 December 2017, it took over 100% of the General Cable group in the US, to then complete the merger by incorporation the following year. History The beginning The company originated in 1879 as Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi. In 1881, it secured a contract to produce submarine telegraph cables for military engineering. In 1886, it opened a submarine cable production plant in La Spezia. It later helped to lay the entire Italian telegraph network on behalf of the Italian state-owned company Telegrafi dello Stato, and to install the electrical grid for domestic us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
