First power from new offshore wind farm

[dan_b]

Another one starting to generate

https://renews.biz/96485/edf-esb-notch- ... 450mw-nng/

[Oliver90owner]

Good news.

[GarethC]

Must be quite small turbines by latest standards. 9MW?

[AE-NMidlands]

I wondered whether

The milestone, which had originally been due last year but held up due to various challenges including on the project’s electrical system, paves the way to full commissioning in 2025.
When complete, the wind farm will consist of 54 Siemens Gamesa turbines.

was hinting at an older design, or even if it is situated somewhere so wild that smaller turbines might have been seen as more resilient?
Not that it seems to be located anywhere exceptional...

[nowty]

Must be quite small turbines by latest standards. 9MW?

The 450MW wind farm was originally to have 75 smaller turbines (6MW ?) but consent was granted by Scottish Ministers in 2018 to change the configuration to 54 higher power ones generating the same power.
https://nngoffshorewind.com/


In comparison with the larger Hornsea and Dogger Bank projects,
Hornsea 1 has 7MW turbines
Hornsea 2 has 8.4MW turbines
Hornsea 3 will have 14MW turbines
Dogger Bank will have 13MW turbines.

[GarethC]

And 26MW ones are in early prodction. Three times the capacity of these. Staggering.

[Coriolis]

Must be quite small turbines by latest standards. 9MW?

It's an old project with a troubled history. Was granted a CfD in Allocation Round 1 back in 2015 with a targeted commissioning date of 2019. Delays to construction starting then hit by supply chain issues and covid-19.