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  • 21 July 2021
    Grid Connection, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    An uncrewed surface vessel (USV) is set to begin a hydrographic survey at the operational Gwynt y Môr offshore wind project located off the North Wales Coast. The USV will be performing the hydrographic survey of the export routes from 26 July for up to 7 days until 2 August, subject to weather conditions. The […]

  • 28 September 2016
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Niras Consulting Ltd (Niras) will be undertaking a benthic drop down camera and Day grab survey for scientific monitoring purposes to the south, west and within the 576MW Gwynt y Môr wind farm site offshore Wales during October 2016, according to a notice to mariners. Niras will use the vessel Aquadynamic to carry out the survey […]

  • 11 September 2015
    Wind Farm Update

    Greatship Manisha vessel is carrying out drilling operations at RWE’s Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. The activity, including borehole work as part of the geotechnical survey at one of the foundations, will last until the next Tuesday. “During the course of drilling operations the Greatship Manisha will be connected to the seabed by a […]

  • 13 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    RWE Innogy UK has invested all-time-high GBP 2 million into British communities in 2015 through its community investment funds. 2016 is expected to be another record year as the second largest offshore wind farm in the world, Gwynt y Môr, came on line mid-2015 and so too did its GBP 19 million community windfall, according to RWE . The Gwynt […]

  • 14 January 2011

    Cable solutions specialist Draka is to supply subsea array cabling for the 576MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm off the North Wales coast. (yourindustrynews) [mappress] Source: yourindustrynews, January 14, 2011

  • 27 June 2012

    RWE npower, the company that is building 576 MW Gwynt y Môr wind farm offshore North Wales, 13 kilometers off the coast in Liverpool Bay, is making GBP 690,000 available for two tourism boosting project in this area, ITV reports. The money will be used to make major improvements to the Victorian pier at Llandudno, […]

  • 13 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    COMMUNITY projects in Flintshire will benefit from more than £19m in funding from the offshore Gwynt y Môr wind farm project, based in…   by Francesca Elliott (flintshirechronicle) [mappress] Source: flintshirechronicle, October 13, 2011

  • 26 May 2022
    Authorities, Wind Farm Update

    The UK Planning Inspectorate has accepted for consideration proposals for the development of the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm, RWE Renewables said. Awel y Môr offshore wind farm includes up to 50 turbines with a maximum tip height of 332 metres and is a sister project to the existing Gwynt y Môr offshore wind […]

  • 5 June 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The foundation installation at the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm is well underway, with half of the 160 monopiles installed at the 576MW offshore wind farm. FoundOcean has been securing the turbine transition pieces to the monopiles using BASF’s high strength Masterflow® 9500 grout, the only grout which comes with a ‘Statement of Compliance’ […]

  • 14 September 2010
    Grid Connection

    Contract value of around EUR 35 million. Preparation for construction of Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm on schedule. RWE Innogy and nkt cables GmbH have today signed a contract for the manufacture and delivery of high-voltage sea cable for the Welsh offshore wind farm “Gwynt y Môr”. In total, nkt cables will produce around […]

  • 30 March 2014

    SSE Tones Down Its Commitment to Offshore Wind Projects SSE has disclosed its intention to narrow significantly the focus of its near term development plans for its offshore wind projects. Siemens to Invest EUR 190 Million in Offshore Production Facilities Siemens is investing more than EUR190 million (GBP160 million) in new offshore production facilities in […]

  • 19 April 2012
    Grid Connection

    Global Marine Energy Ltd., the largest independent provider of subsea power cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide, has invested in the refit and development of Cable Enterprise, a barge built specifically for the installation of power cables for offshore wind farms. Cable Enterprise, which will be officially launched in Middlesbrough in the North […]

  • 12 March 2013

    Findings from a major consultation in North Wales into how RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y Môr Community Benefit Fund should be spent have been unveiled. The £19m fund – £768,000 per annum, index linked to inflation – will become available once Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm is fully operational in 2014. The company says […]

  • 2 September 2014
    Grid Connection

    6 Alpha Associates, the strategic advisor for managing specialist risks, has completed a comprehensive, five-month Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) risk management project and as a direct result, has issued final cable UXO clearance certificates to Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, a 160- turbine project located in Liverpool Bay. The completion of the activity and the […]

  • 15 April 2014

    Construction work has started on the new long term operations and maintenance facilities for RWE Innogy UK’s flagship Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm. The multi-million complex at the Port of Mostyn, North Wales, will house more than 100 long term staff providing engineering, technician, management and administrative services throughout the operational lifetime of the […]

  • 5 April 2011

    International engineering contractor Offshore Design Engineering Ltd (ODE) has been awarded a new six-figure contract by Burntisland Fabricators (BiFab) to provide the engineering and design of two substation platforms for a wind farm off the North Wales coast. ODE will produce the detailed design of the jacket and primary steel design as well as the […]

  • 27 October 2013

    UK: World’s Largest Wind Turbine Construction Complete  The world’s largest and most powerful offshore wind turbine is now standing at Energy Park Fife. GL Garrad Hassan Reviews Offshore Wind Over Last 10 Years  GL Garrad Hassan, the world’s largest renewable energy advisory organisation and part of the recently merged DNV GL Group today published a […]

  • 13 August 2012

    Today, the latest milestone for the flagship offshore wind farm, Gwynt y Môr, will be achieved with the departure by sea of the UK engineered and built Siemens’ offshore substation. Destined for installation in Liverpool Bay, the 1,500 tonne platform was jointly designed, engineered and fabricated by Siemens in Manchester and Belfast-based shipbuilders Harland and […]

  • 23 September 2011

      Kersten Europe B.V. has been awarded with the contract for bending parts for the Gwynt y Môr landing platforms. Kersten Europe delivers all bent hollow sections for 160 landing platforms. The Gwynt y Môr windmill park is based in the Iris Sea, 18km off the coast of North Wales, United Kingdom. The contract consisted […]

  • 27 January 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    On 19 January 2014, turbine number 112 was installed on Gwynt y Môr in the Irish Sea. This is the largest number of turbines ever installed on one single project by A2SEA. Prior to this, A2SEA installed 111 turbines on Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in 2013. Work continues and SEA JACK and SEA WORKER are […]

  • 12 September 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    Scour protection work is due to recommence within the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm on the 21st September until further notice. The work will be carried out by the vessel Tideway Rollingstone.  The rock dumping vessel Tideway Rollingstone will be commencing operations at various locations within and around the Gwynt y Mor offshore wind […]

  • 3 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    RWE Renewables has launched a virtual exhibition platform to provide local residents with the opportunity to find out about the proposed Awel y Môr wind farm offshore Whales and to provide their feedback. The platform will be available at the project’s dedicated website until 30 November. RWE Renewables is leading the development of Awel y […]

  • 6 July 2020
    Business & Finance

    Stadtwerke München and Siemens Financial Services have joined RWE in developing the Awel y Môr offshore wind farm by acquiring a 30 per cent and 10 per cent stake in the project, respectively. RWE, which now holds 60 per cent share of the project, is leading the development of the offshore wind farm on behalf […]

  • 28 June 2010
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    On behalf of Stadtwerke München (SWM), MECAL has accomplished the technical due diligence of the Offshore-Windfarm „Gwynt y Môr“, which has a planned capacity of 576 MW, one of the biggest wind farms in the world. The wind farm is to be realised of the coast of North Wales in the United Kingdom. The technical […]

  • 11 February 2014
    Technology

    CWind has announced that it has won a contract to support CT Offshore in the installation of 63 of the 161 inter-array cables at the 576MW Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm off the North Wales coast. CWind’s role involves sending a team to the Netherlands to perform both an OTDR fibre and an insulation […]

  • 24 May 2015

    Siemens Installs 7MW Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype The new Siemens offshore flagship wind turbine of the type SWT-7.0-154 has now been installed as a prototype. E.ON Confirms Investment Decision for EUR 1.9 Bln Rampion OWF Today, E.ON confirmed the investment decision for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. The total investment is approximately […]