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Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm is a 25 turbine wind farm approximately 8 km north east of Llandudno in North Wales. It is Wales' second offshore wind farm and the third offshore wind farm to be built within Liverpool Bay. It has a maximum rated output of 90 MW.

Rhyl Flats Wind Farm
Viewed from the air, looking south
Country	United Kingdom
Location	Liverpool Bay, Wales
Coordinates	53°22′N 03°39′W
Status	Operational
Construction began	June 2007
Commission date	December 2009
Owner(s)	Innogy
Wind farm
Type	Offshore
Distance from shore	8 km (5 mi)
Power generation
Units operational	25 x 3.6 MW
Make and model	Siemens Wind Power
Nameplate capacity	90 MW
External links
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Construction

The Rhyl Flats project was initially developed by Celtic Offshore Wind Limited (COWL) as part of the UK's Round 1 offshore wind farm programme. COWL received consent for the project in 2002, and in December 2002 the project was purchased by Npower Renewables (formerly National Wind Power and now a part of Innogy, a subsidiary of the German firm RWE), who were also developing the neighbouring North Hoyle and Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farms. Offshore construction work at Rhyl Flats began in July 2007. Foundation works was completed in August 2008.[1] The completed project was officially opened on 2 December 2009.[2]

North Hoyle was completed in 2003, just a few kilometres east of Rhyl Flats. The Round 1 projects were intended to act as testbeds; building the UK's understanding of offshore wind, whilst in total also providing well over 1000 MW of green generating capacity for the UK. All of the Round 1 offshore wind farms were limited to a maximum area of 10 km² (3.9 sq mi), and no more than 30 wind turbines.

The project uses three export cables.[3]

Output

The first electricity was supplied by the site on 15 July 2009. The project consists of 25 Siemens Wind Power SWT-107-3.6 wind turbines, each rated at 3.6 MW capacity. This gives the project a maximum output of 90 MW; a third greater than the neighbouring North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm, but with 5 fewer wind turbines and spread over a smaller area. At the time of installation, Rhyl Flats is expected to generate enough electricity to power 60,000 homes on average.

Its levelised cost has been estimated at £126/MWh.[4]

See also

• Wind power in the United Kingdom
• List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
• List of offshore wind farms
• List of offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea

References

External links

• Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm at npower Renewables
• Rhyl Flats map at The Crown Estate
• LORC Knowledge - Datasheet for Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm

На других языках

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[de] Offshore-Windpark Rhyl Flats

Der Windpark Rhyl Flats ist ein Offshore-Windpark in der Irischen See (Liverpool Bay – Bucht von Liverpool) etwa 8 km vor der Küste von Wales (Vereinigtes Königreich) zwischen Llandudno und Rhyl.

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- [en] Rhyl Flats

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