The Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm, situated off the Holderness coast, is currently in the latter stages of construction and is expected to reach full power in 2015.
It is the first offshore wind farm to make commercial use of the Siemens 6MW wind turbine. The wind farm is a joint venture between DONG Energy (50%) and its partners Marubeni Corporation (25%) and the UK Green Investment Bank (25%).
Once completed the wind farm will comprise 35 Siemens 6MW turbines with total capacity of 210 MW capable of meeting the annual electricity demands of over 150,000 UK homes.
Duncan Clark, Programme Director, said: “It’s been a really exciting Project. Westermost Rough uses brand new technology, the world’s first commercial deployment of these 6MW turbines. We’ve also been working to a tight timetable – all the turbines will be up and running less than two and half years from when we made the final investment decision. A personal highlight has been the overwhelmingly warm welcome the wind farm and construction activities have received from the local communities in Hull and Grimsby.”