Gallery: Gwynt y Môr turbine installation

UK: The 160 Siemens 3.6MW turbines being used at the 576MW Gwynt y Môr have been installed by RWE over the last year.

by David Weston 3 July 2014

  • The 576MW project has been developed by RWE Innogy

    The 576MW project has been developed by RWE Innogy

  • The first turbine was installed in May 2013

    The first turbine was installed in May 2013

  • The onshore substation at St Asaph, North Wales

    The onshore substation at St Asaph, North Wales

  • The projects cables being installed at Pensarn, North Wales

    The projects cables being installed at Pensarn, North Wales

  • A2Sea's Sea Jack vessel installed the final turbine

    A2Sea's Sea Jack vessel installed the final turbine

  • The turbines are located 13 kilometres off the Welsh coast

    The turbines are located 13 kilometres off the Welsh coast

  • RWE Innogy holds a 60% stake in Gwynt y Mor

    RWE Innogy holds a 60% stake in Gwynt y Mor

  • The project uses 160 Siemens 3.6MW turbines

    The project uses 160 Siemens 3.6MW turbines

  • All 160 turbines have been installed at Gwynt y Mor

    All 160 turbines have been installed at Gwynt y Mor

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German developer RWE Innogy said the project had been installed in just over a year after the first turbine was installed in May 2013. 

Siemens' 3.6MW turbines are being used at the development located 13 kilometres from the North Wales coast.

A2Sea's Sea Worker and Sea Jack vessels were used to install the turbines. Work is still ongoing to bring the project online which RWE plans to be by the end of the year.

It will be the world's second largest operational offshore wind project when it is fully operational. Dong Energy's 630MW London Array project off the UK's east coast is currently the biggest.

Images supplied courtesy of Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited.