Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm

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Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm is a UK offshore wind power facility located in the Irish Sea off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, generating renewable electricity from a series of seabed-mounted wind turbines.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf offshore wind farm
commissioningDate 2012
constructionStartDate 2009
country United Kingdom
countryOfOperator Sweden
distanceFromShore approximately 10 km
electricalCapacity 150 MW
electricityProduced grid-connected alternating current
energySource wind
gridConnectionType offshore
gridOperator National Grid (Great Britain)
gridVoltageLevel high voltage
hasEnvironmentalImpact reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
hasExportCableType subsea power cable
hasGenerationTechnology horizontal-axis wind turbines
hasMaintenanceBase Barrow-in-Furness
hasPart seabed-mounted wind turbines
hasProjectPhase operational phase
hasSupportStructure steel monopiles
industrySector offshore wind energy
renewable energy
isPartOf United Kingdom offshore wind fleet
licensingAuthority UK government
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Cumbria
locatedInExclusiveEconomicZone United Kingdom exclusive economic zone
locatedInMarineArea Irish Sea basin
locatedInRegion North West England
locatedInSeaArea east of the Isle of Man
locatedInWaterBody Irish Sea
locatedNearPort Port of Barrow
locatedOffshoreFrom Barrow-in-Furness
locatedOnSeabed yes
nameplateCapacity 150 MW
numberOfTurbines 30
onshoreConnectionPoint Barrow-in-Furness area
operator Vattenfall
owner Vattenfall
powerGridConnection Great Britain power grid
primaryFuel renewable energy
wind power
projectType commercial offshore wind project
purpose electricity generation
regulatoryJurisdiction United Kingdom energy regulation
seaDepthRange shallow to medium water depth
status operational
substationType offshore substation
turbineModel REpower 5M
turbineRatedPower 5 MW
usesFoundationType monopile foundations

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Irish Sea
hasOffshoreWindFarm

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