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Walney 1 Offshore Wind Farm begins producing electricity
The Walney 1 Offshore Wind Farm, off the shore of Cumbria, has started producing the first CO2-free electricity to the UK’s national grid. The electricity has been generated from the first of the 51 turbines that the farm will eventually consist of.
When fully operational, the Walney 1 and 2 wind farms, will have a capacity of 367.2MW of CO2-free renewable energy production, enough to power around 320,000 homes.
The total cost of the two wind farms is around £1bn and is owned by DONG Energy, Scottish & Southern Energy and a consortium of PGGM and Dutch Ampère Equity Fund, managed by Triodos Investment Management.
All turbines in the wind farm have now been installed, and will be commissioned over the coming months.
The second phase of the project, Walney 2, also with 51 turbines, will begin installation in March 2011 and is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2011.
Niels Bergh-Hansen, Executive Vice President of DONG Energy said: "The United Kingdom has a very ambitious plan for expanding the production of renewable energy and a target of making green energy and reliability of supply go hand in hand, and we are pleased to be able to contribute to the expansion of renewable energy."
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