382 results found for 'Gwynt y Môr'

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  • RWE Inks New PPA for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

    29 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with UK construction materials supplier Breedon Group, under which part of the electricity supply will be provided by the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. The agreement includes RWE delivering around 70 GWh of electricity per year to Breedon until 2041. Initially, this will be sourced […]

  • Lidl Buys Offshore Wind Power from RWE in UK

    5 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has signed a five-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the discount supermarket Lidl GB. The agreement, which has already begun, covers an annual electricity supply of 100 GWh from RWE’s Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. Gwynt y Môr comprises 160 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines for a total capacity […]

  • UK’s Railway Owner-Operator Buys Power from Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

    15 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom

    The UK’s state-owned railway owner and operator, Network Rail, has signed a five-year corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with RWE for 300 GWh of electricity annually to be supplied from RWE’s Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. “We are delighted to have concluded the first public sector PPA under the new Government Commercial Agency framework. […]

  • Geotechnical Survey Set to Begin at Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Site

    4 May 2026
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Geotechnical survey works are scheduled to start at the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm site in the UK on 12 May, with activities expected to continue until 15 June, subject to weather and sea conditions. According to a Notice to Mariners, the campaign will involve a range of geotechnical investigations, including cone penetration tests […]

  • FIDs on UK’s Newly Awarded Offshore Wind Farms Coming Up in 2026, 2027

    15 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Some of the offshore wind projects that secured Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in the UK’s seventh allocation round (AR7) are gearing up towards final investment decisions, with the first AR7 projects expected to reach this stage as early as this year, with others following suit in 2027. The FID for the first of the four […]

  • British Co-op Group Buys Offshore Wind Power from RWE

    2 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    RWE has entered into a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the British Co-op Group, one of the world’s largest consumer co-operatives and the UK’s fifth biggest food retailer, for electricity produced by the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. Under the PPA, RWE will supply Co-op with a total volume of 33 GWh of […]

  • Gwynt y Môr OWF Adjusts Its Aids to Navigation

    27 April 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Cardinal marker buoys around the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm were removed by the THV Galatea.  The THV Galatea has removed eight Gwynt y Môr field cardinal perimeter buoys. At the same time, the Gwynt y Môr South buoy was moved to a new permanent position. After recovery of these buoys, the wind farm exhibits permanent aids to navigation. Also, […]

  • Seaway Heavy Lifting Wins Third Major Contract for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    11 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) has won a new contract with Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited to begin the second half of foundation installation off the North Wales coast. SHL’s crane vessel ‘Stanislav Yudin’ will go to Liverpool Bay in May this year to install the last 80 of the 160 monopile foundations and […]

  • UK: RWE Publishes Gwynt y Môr Project Update

    9 May 2012

    Four monitoring stations have been established at locations along the North Wales coast to assess onshore noise levels during offshore construction, in particular foundation piling work. Gwynt y Môr will be liaising closely with local authorities to ensure any concerns about noise are investigated swiftly and dealt with appropriately. RWE has an obligation to report […]

  • VIDEO: 3D View of Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

    13 March 2013

    The 576MW Gwynt y Môr is one of the largest offshore wind farms currently in construction in Europe. It is a shared investment between partners RWE Innogy, Stadtwerke München GmbH and Siemens. Once fully operational, energy generation from Gwynt y Môr is expected to be equivalent to the average annual needs of around 400,000 homes.  […]

  • UK: Gwynt y Môr Signs Contract for Major Components Installation

    3 April 2012

    GWYNT Y MÔR Offshore Wind Farm Limited has secured a major contract to begin the next stage of offshore construction off the North Wales coast. In a £multi-million deal with Seaway Heavy Lifting Limited of Cyprus, the heavy lift vessel, ‘Stanislav Yudin’ will operate in Liverpool Bay between April and December, 2012, to install major […]

  • Half of Gwynt y Môr Generating Power

    3 September 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    More than half of the 160 turbines at RWE Innogy UK’s flagship offshore wind farm, Gwynt y Môr, off the North Wales coast, have been commissioned and are generating electricity.    The milestone was reached last week with the 81st turbine connected to the National Grid. Construction of the world’s second largest offshore wind farm […]

  • Gwynt y Môr: Construction Phase Done

    25 November 2014
    Grid Connection, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The final array cable has been installed at RWE Innogy’s flagship 576MW Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, off the North Wales coast, completing the construction phase of the project. The project is now progressing towards its ultimate milestone, the final commissioning and operation of all remaining 41 turbines. The completion of the construction phase […]

  • ‘Kitty Petra’ to Work at Gwynt y Môr

    12 May 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    After seven months of working in the North Sea, Tidal Transit’s Kitty Petra personnel transfer vessel (PVT) will be heading west in May 2015 to join her sister vessel Tia Elizabeth working on the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm, which is situated 8 miles off the North Wales coast. Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind […]

  • UK: Gwynt y Môr’s 100th Turbine Installed

    29 November 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The 100th wind turbine has been successfully installed at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay. A2Sea’s jack-up vessel, SEAJACK, achieved this milestone yesterday morning. RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y Môr Project Director Toby Edmonds said: “We have reached another major milestone in the construction of Gwynt y Môr with the installation […]

  • Emergency Exercise Performed at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    1 May 2013

    Emergency services from North Wales and the North West took part in a major simulated exercise at Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm yesterday. Exercise ARGO is using dummies instead of real people to test rescue procedures and recovery times for the 160 turbine site, which is more than eight miles offshore in Liverpool Bay. […]

  • UK: First Wind Turbine at Gwynt y Môr OWF

    17 May 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    THE FIRST of 160 wind turbines has been installed at the flagship North Wales Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, the largest renewables project under construction by RWE npower renewables. It marks a major milestone in the construction of the €2billion windfarm which, once fully operational, will be capable of generating enough energy from the […]

  • CT Offshore to Connect Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm

    21 January 2014
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    CT Offshore and Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited have signed an agreement, covering free-laying, installation and burial of 63 cables of the in total 161 inter-array cables at one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms. The cable laying and installation will be conducted by the company’s own cable laying vessel SIA, which has […]

  • Ofgem Awards Gwynt y Môr Transmission Link Licence

    12 February 2015
    Grid Connection

    Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc has been awarded a licence by Ofgem to own and operate the £352 million transmission link to the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. It is the largest offshore transmission (OFTO) project to date to be financed through the capital markets. Gwynt y Môr OFTO plc is owned by the Balfour […]

  • UK: Beach Works Begin for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

    13 March 2012

    Yesterday, a project team has began excavating small sections of the beach to help prepare for the installation of subsea cabling, which is being brought ashore at Pensarn, North Wales. The trials will be carried out by contractor Global Marine Systems Limited, on behalf of Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited, and will help […]

  • Macquarie Doubles Gwynt y Môr Stake as Siemens Bows Out

    28 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has reached an agreement with Siemens AG to acquire an additional 10 per cent stake in Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in the UK. MIRA has managed a 10 per cent stake in Gwynt y Môr since 2017 following Macquarie Group’s acquisition of the Green Investment Bank. “Offshore […]

  • UK: Gardline to Supply Crew Transfer Vessels to Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm

    20 February 2013

    Gardline, one of the leading vessel service providers for the offshore renewables sector, has been awarded a one year contract to supply two crew transfer vessels to Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited. RWE Innogy’s flagship Gwynt y Môr development is currently one of the largest in construction anywhere in Europe. A €2billion (EURO) […]

  • Photo of the Day: Sunset on Gwynt y Môr

    4 December 2014
    Vessels

    Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Sunset at Gwynt y Môr, world’s second largest offshore wind farm.  The photo was taken on November 27 from the Kinmel Bay, Turbine Transfers’ 18-metre fast catamaran for wind farm support and crew transport. The Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm recently reached a major milestone by ending its construction phase. Since […]

  • Gwynt y Môr OWF: New Pontoon Operational at Port of Mostyn

    6 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    A new multi-million pound pontoon has become fully operational at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm base at the Port of Mostyn in North Wales. The 10-berth pontoon will greatly improve the offshore transfer of wind turbine engineers and technicians throughout the construction and operational lifetime of the wind farm. Approximately 110 new long […]

  • LDD Drills Gwynt y Môr Monopile Foundations

    1 May 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    LDD has successfully completed drilling monopile foundations for RWE Innogy’s Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, North Wales, UK. LDD has been working on the project since 2011, when it designed, built and delivered one of the world’s largest reverse circulation drill rigs, the LD5000, within 10 months. Because of the pile design, the LD5000 […]

  • UK: Reef Subsea Wins Major Contract for Gwynt y Môr

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Reef Subsea AS announced today that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical Ltd. with offices in Stockton on Tees and Aberdeen, has been awarded a major contract with Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited, worth approximately £40m. It will see Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical assist with engineering, project management, ROV and survey operations linked […]