Westermost Rough wind farm off the Holderness coast with 210 MW is operational
- Location
- North Sea off the Holderness coast near Withernsea, England · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Project
- Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm
- Investment
- approx. GBP 500 million construction cost; financing included Green Investment Bank and Marubeni (2014 acquisition of a 50% stake for GBP 240 million, plus GBP 370 million follow-on financing secured in August 2014)
- Status
- Operational
Located about 8 km off Withernsea on the Holderness coast in the North Sea, the wind farm comprises 35 Siemens Gamesa SWT-6.0-154 turbines (6 MW each) for a total installed capacity of 210 MW. It became operational in May 2015 and was the first commercial deployment of gearless 6 MW turbines. The facility is operated by Ørsted (formerly DONG Energy), with Green Investment Group and Marubeni as co-owners.
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