Full power output at £1.6bn UK wind farm

All the turbines installed at the £1.6 billion West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm are now generating electricity. The 389MW project, jointly developed by Iberdrola’s ScottishPower unit and Denmark’s DONG Energy, reached full power output two months ahead of schedule, the companies said. Energy Secretary Ed Davey officially opened the wind farm – located […]

Transmission link operator for Duddon wind farm picked

The firm that will own and operate the transmission links to the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the UK has been named. Ofgem picked Blue Transmission – made up of Macquarie Capital Group Limited, 3i BIFL Investments Limited and Frontier Power Limited – as the preferred bidder for the £296 million offshore […]

West of Duddon starts generating power offshore UK

The first power has been generated from the West of Duddon Sands wind farm off the UK coast. A total of 42 out of 108 turbines that make up the overall project have been installed so far and power from four turbines is being exported to the National Grid. Once completed, the wind farm will […]

Offshore tenders worth £1.9bn launched today

Ofgem today launched a fresh round of tenders worth around £1.9bn for six offshore wind farm projects. This is the second tender round in the offshore transmission regime, a joint policy initiative between DECC and Ofgem to encourage cost-effective investment in the network links between offshore wind farms and the mainland grid. Companies will be […]