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 is expected to be completed in 2011. 30 turbines each with 5 MW nameplate capacity are provided by REpower and electrical works are to be carried out by Areva. Steel foundations for generators are developed and designed by OWEC Tower and produced by Burntisland Fabrications. Logistics and assembly services are provided by Harland and Wolff. Generators will be installed by A2SEA. The first four steel foundations were delivered in July 2010, 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.
ORMONDE WIND FARM
COUNTRY: England, United Kingdom
LOCALE: 10 kilometres west of Barrow-in-Furness
STATUS: Under construction
COMMISSION DATE: 2011 (expected)
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)
