The Walney Windfarm Extension added more turbines to provide clean, green energy.
The Walney Extension offshore wind farm is located approximately 19km west-southwest from the Isle of Walney in Cumbria. 26km southwest from the Millom coast, 35km northwest from the Fleetwood and Blackpool coast and 31km southwest from the Isle of Man.
The Walney Windfarm Extension
With an installed capacity of 660MW, the offshore wind farm covers an area of up to 149km2. It consists of 207 wind turbines, foundations, inter array cables, offshore and onshore export cables within an ‘export cable corridor’. Plus offshore and onshore substations to connect the Project to the National Grid.
On 11 May 2010, the Crown Estate awarded an agreement for The Walney Extension offshore wind farm. The permission allowed development of an extension to the existing Walney I and II Offshore Wind Farm.
With the cable brought to shore at Cleveleys on 8 May 2011, it’s installation was an interesting civil engineering project. Read all about it on Visit Cleveleys – we worked with the project team and documented the installation of the Walney Windfarm Extension cable here.
And more Windfarms…
As of updating this in June 2013, the windfarms have grown considerably and now fill a good portion of the horizon line, looking north west. There are four Walney farms, Barrow offshore wind farm, West of Duddon Sands offshore windfarm and its extension. They’re all commissioned and handed over to individual client operators, extending to 30 miles across the Irish Sea.
The next tranche of Crown Estate currently being sold off is the next two sites Mona and Morgan. These are slightly south of the Walney extension. The third possibility being looked at is a Morcambe Bay Windfarm, which is in early exploration, according to some information.
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Walney Extension Community Benefit Fund
The Fund is made possible by DONG Energy developing the Walney Extension offshore wind farm off the Walney Island coast in Cumbria.
Each year, approximately £600,000 will be made available for community projects for the expected 25-year lifetime of the wind farm. £100,000 of this is ring-fenced for a ‘Skills Fund’.
The national charity Grantscape manages the community benefit fund. Applications for grants of between £500 and £75,000 from the main fund must be from community and environmental organisations located in coastal community areas in areas stretching between Fleetwood in Lancashire to Seascale in Cumbria.
Find out More
More about the Walney Extension
More about Orsted Offshore windfarms
Information about the Walney Extension Community Fund
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