North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm

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North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm is one of the United Kingdom’s early commercial offshore wind power projects, located off the coast of North Wales and contributing renewable electricity to the national grid.

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Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf offshore wind farm
wind power plant
administrativeArea Denbighshire
averageHouseholdsPoweredPerYear approximately 50,000 homes
bodyOfWater Irish Sea
commissioned 2003
connectedTo onshore substation near St Asaph
constructionMethod offshore installation of monopiles and turbines
constructionStartDate 2002
contributesTo renewable electricity generation in the United Kingdom
contributesToPolicy UK renewable energy targets
country United Kingdom
developer Npower Renewables
distanceFromCoast approximately 7 to 8 kilometres
electricalCapacity 60 MW
electricityMarket National Grid
surface form: Great Britain electricity system
energySource wind
foundationType monopile foundations
fuelType renewable energy
gridConnection National Grid
surface form: National Grid (United Kingdom)
gridOperator ScottishPower transmission network
surface form: ScottishPower Energy Networks
hasBladeCountPerTurbine 3
hasEnvironmentalImpactAssessment yes
hasExportCableType subsea high-voltage cable
hasGridConnectionVoltage 132 kV
hasHubHeight approximately 60 metres
hasMaintenancePort Mostyn Port
hasOffshoreSubstation yes
hasRotorDiameter 80 metres
isEarlyProjectIn UK Round 1 offshore wind programme
locatedIn Liverpool Bay
locatedInEEZOf United Kingdom
locatedNear Prestatyn
Rhyl
locatedOffCoastOf North Wales
notableFor being one of the United Kingdom’s first large-scale commercial offshore wind farms
numberOfTurbines 30
operator RWE
surface form: RWE Renewables
owner RWE
partOf United Kingdom offshore wind sector
projectPhase commercial operation
projectType commercial offshore wind project
purpose generation of electricity from wind
reducesCO2Emissions yes
region Wales
seaDepth approximately 8 to 12 metres
status operational
turbineCapacity 2 MW
turbineModel Vestas V80

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Irish Sea hasOffshoreWindFarm North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm
Irish Sea hasOffshoreWindFarm North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm
this entity surface form: Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm