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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm | 1 |
Statements (49)
| 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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this entity surface form:
Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm