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Released July 30, 2013 | GALWAY, IRELAND
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Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--Plans to erect almost 300 wind turbines off the Lincolnshire and Norfolk coast of the U.K. have been given the green light by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC).
The Triton Knoll windfarm will be capable of generating 1,200-megawatts (MW) of energy, enough to power approximately 900,000 homes. With 288 turbines, it would dwarf the recently commissioned London Array windfarm built in the Thames Estuary, and currently the world's largest offshore windfarm with 175 turbines. London Array, 10 miles north of the Kent coast, has the capacity to power nearly 500,000 homes. London Array has a total generating capacity of 630-MW and was officially opened earlier this month by U.K. Prime Minister, David Cameron, Secretary of State, Ed Davey and Energy Minister, Greg Barker. For additional information, see July 8, 2013, article - World's Largest Offshore Windfarm Officially Opened.
RWE npower renewables, part of German energy giant RWE AG (PINK:RWEOY) (Essen, Germany), aims to submit a proposal to construct a substation the size of "30 football pitches" at Bicker Fen in 2014. The substation will be connected to the offshore windfarm using underground cables stretching 110 kilometers (km). The giant windfarm has faced much protest in recent years.
Jacob Hain, Triton Knoll Project Manager said: "We are delighted with this announcement. We believed that Triton Knoll was a very well sited project. Today's decision by the Secretary of State endorses this."
RWE claimed the development could attract billions of pounds of "much needed investment," help create hundreds of jobs and make a large contribution to the U.K.'s clean energy targets.
Hain added: "This is a crucial milestone and means one step closer to being able to deliver this much needed energy infrastructure. Today's decision sends another positive message to the industry about the growth and potential of renewables in the U.K. However, in order to realise these ambitious offshore projects, the Government's Electricity Market Reform must deliver a regulatory framework, which is bankable to attract the required levels of investment."
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, and eight offices outside of North America, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
The Triton Knoll windfarm will be capable of generating 1,200-megawatts (MW) of energy, enough to power approximately 900,000 homes. With 288 turbines, it would dwarf the recently commissioned London Array windfarm built in the Thames Estuary, and currently the world's largest offshore windfarm with 175 turbines. London Array, 10 miles north of the Kent coast, has the capacity to power nearly 500,000 homes. London Array has a total generating capacity of 630-MW and was officially opened earlier this month by U.K. Prime Minister, David Cameron, Secretary of State, Ed Davey and Energy Minister, Greg Barker. For additional information, see July 8, 2013, article - World's Largest Offshore Windfarm Officially Opened.
RWE npower renewables, part of German energy giant RWE AG (PINK:RWEOY) (Essen, Germany), aims to submit a proposal to construct a substation the size of "30 football pitches" at Bicker Fen in 2014. The substation will be connected to the offshore windfarm using underground cables stretching 110 kilometers (km). The giant windfarm has faced much protest in recent years.
Jacob Hain, Triton Knoll Project Manager said: "We are delighted with this announcement. We believed that Triton Knoll was a very well sited project. Today's decision by the Secretary of State endorses this."
RWE claimed the development could attract billions of pounds of "much needed investment," help create hundreds of jobs and make a large contribution to the U.K.'s clean energy targets.
Hain added: "This is a crucial milestone and means one step closer to being able to deliver this much needed energy infrastructure. Today's decision sends another positive message to the industry about the growth and potential of renewables in the U.K. However, in order to realise these ambitious offshore projects, the Government's Electricity Market Reform must deliver a regulatory framework, which is bankable to attract the required levels of investment."
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, and eight offices outside of North America, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
