Energy Magazine February 2015 | Page 31

WALNEY United Kingdom
OFFSHORE WIND FARMS
The Walney wind farm is located in the Irish Sea .
( Photo credit David Dixon )

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WALNEY United Kingdom

MW : 367
Located in the Irish Sea , the Walney Wind Farm is in a little shallower waters than some of the others on this list in only 19-23m waters . The project is a partnership between DONG Energy and Scottish and Southern Energy . DONG was awarded a 50-year lease for the project and completed the construction in two phases . The wind warm saw a small crisis earlier this year when a dive vessel crashed into one of the turbines and spilled a small amount of oil into a sea .
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