Ormonde Wind Farm
{{Short description|Wind farm in the Irish Sea}}
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{{Infobox power station
| name = Ormonde Wind Farm
| location = West of Barrow-in-Furness, Irish Sea
| construction_began = May 2010
| wind_hub_height = {{convert|100|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| ps_site_area = {{convert|8.7|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on}}
| wind_offshore_depth = {{convert|17|-|21|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| wind_offshore_distance = {{convert|9.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
| ps_electrical_cap_fac = 38.5 %
| ps_annual_generation = 500 GWh
}}
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The Ormonde Wind Farm is a wind farm west of Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish Sea. The wind farm covers an area of {{convert|8.7|km2}}. It has a total capacity of 150 MW and is expected to produce around 500 GWh of electricity per year.
Planning
Originally the Ormonde project was planned as a hybrid wind and natural gas powered electricity generation plant supplied from the Ormonde South and Ormonde North gas fields. The project was developed by Eclipse Energy. In 2008, Vattenfall bought Eclipse Energy and the project was developed as wind energy only. The project management company throughout the project has been Offshore Design Engineering.{{cite web| url = http://www.ode-ltd.co.uk/projects/ormonde-wind-farm-11.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110512212351/http://www.ode-ltd.co.uk/projects/ormonde-wind-farm-11.html| archive-date = 2011-05-12| title = ODE Projects - Ormonde Wind Farm}}
Construction
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Construction started in 2010 and was completed in August 2011.
{{cite news|url= http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article214033.ece|title= Vattenfall starts construction work on Ormonde wind farm|newspaper = ReCharge| publisher = NHST Media Group| first = Matthew | last = Wolstenholme|date=2010-05-04|access-date=2010-07-16|url-access= subscription}}{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14384889|title= Work on Ormonde Wind Farm off Barrow completed| agency = BBC News|date=2011-08-03|access-date=2011-08-16}}
Prysmian provided submarine power cable connections including 27 km of 33 kV inter-array cables to connect the wind turbines and a 42 km of 132 kV export cable to connect the wind farm to the substation.{{Cite web|date=2010-09-27|title=Prysmian secures €27 million project|url=https://www.prysmiangroup.cn/en/www.prysmiangroup.cn/en/en_2010_highlights_Ormonde.html|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Prysmian Group|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.power-technology.com/projects/ormonde-offshore-wind-farm|title = Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=June 2016}}
30 turbines each with 5 MW nameplate capacity are provided by REpower and electrical works were to be carried out by Areva.{{cite news |title= Work contracts awarded for Ormonde offshore wind hybrid | first = Rachel | last = Johnson |work = NewEnergyFocus.com |date=2009-02-26 }} Steel foundations for generators were developed and designed by OWEC Tower and produced by Burntisland Fabrications.{{cite news |url= http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article172631.ece |title= Burntisland bags wind job |newspaper = Upstream Online | publisher = NHST Media Group |date=2009-02-20 |access-date=2010-07-16 |url-access= subscription }} Logistics and assembly services are provided by Harland and Wolff. Generators were installed by A2SEA.{{cite news |url= http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article216435.ece |title= A2SEA bags contract for work on Vattenfall's Ormonde project |newspaper = ReCharge | publisher = NHST Media Group | first = Karl-Erik | last = Stromsta |date=2010-06-01 |access-date=2010-07-16 |url-access= subscription }} The first four steel foundations were delivered in July 2010,{{cite news |url= http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/wind/article221830.ece |title= Foundations for Vattenfall's Ormonde wind farm on the way |newspaper = ReCharge | publisher = NHST Media Group | first = Darius | last = Snieckus |date=2010-07-15 |access-date=2010-07-16}} and were installed by a joint venture of Scaldis and Geosea BV.
The wind farm was commissioned on 22 February 2012 and is now fully operational.[http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2154153/vattenfall-flick-switch-giant-ormonde-offshore-wind-farm businessGreen news website]
Its levelised cost has been estimated at £149/MWh.{{cite journal |last1=Aldersey-Williams |first1=John |last2=Broadbent |first2=Ian |last3=Strachan |first3=Peter |title=Better estimates of LCOE from audited accounts – A new methodology with examples from United Kingdom offshore wind and CCGT |journal=Energy Policy |date=2019 |volume=128 |pages=25–35|doi=10.1016/j.enpol.2018.12.044 |hdl=10059/3298 |s2cid=158158724 |hdl-access=free }}
Incident
In 2021, a rotor and blades from a wind turbine fell into the sea following a maintenance error. The components broke up and debris has been washed up on nearby beaches.{{Cite news|date=2021-10-24|title=Ormonde offshore wind farm debris could be widespread|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-59028551|access-date=2022-02-20}}{{Cite web|last=Richard|first=Craig|date=2021-10-25|title=Rotor and blades fall into sea at Vattenfall's Ormonde offshore wind farm|url=https://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1731336|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Wind Power Monthly|language=en}}
See also
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Ormonde offshore wind farm}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121001040516/http://www.vattenfall.co.uk/en/ormonde.htm Ormonde Wind Farm (Vattenfall's website)]
- [http://www.lorc.dk/Knowledge/Offshore-renewables-map/Offshore-site-datasheet/Ormonde-Offshore-Wind-Farm/000055 LORC Knowledge - Datasheet for Ormonde Wind Farm]
- [http://www.foundocean.com/renewables/news-and-resources/foundocean-mobilises-to-ormonde-offshore-windfarm/ Ormonde Wind Farm - Jacket Installation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615012846/http://www.foundocean.com/renewables/news-and-resources/foundocean-mobilises-to-ormonde-offshore-windfarm/ |date=2011-06-15 }}
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14412189 BBC - Three steps to build a wind farm]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131220053252/http://www.foundocean.com/renewables/projects/thornton-bank-phases-2-and-3/ Foundocean Project references ]
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