Westermost Rough Wind Farm
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Westermost Rough visible on the horizon, under construction in March 2015
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 Location of Westermost Rough Wind Farm in East Riding of Yorkshire
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| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Location | 8km north east of Withernsea East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°48′18″N 0°08′56″E / 53.805°N 0.149°ECoordinates: 53°48′18″N 0°08′56″E / 53.805°N 0.149°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2014 |
| Commission date | May 2015 |
| Owner(s) | Dong Energy |
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| Type | Offshore |
| Site area | 35 km2 (14 sq mi) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 35 |
| Make and model | Siemens 6 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 210 MW |
Westermost Rough Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north east off Withernsea off the Holderness coast, in the North Sea, England. The farm covers an area of approximately 35 km2 (14 sq mi) with a generation capacity of approximately 210 MW. It became operational in May 2015.
The Westermost Wind farm site was originally awarded to Total in 2003 during the initial Round 2 wind farm tendering process; Total later withdrew and the concession was returned to the Crown Estate in 2006. In 2007 Dong Energy was awarded a lease from The Crown Estate to develop a wind farm at Westermost Rough. The company Westermost Rough Ltd was established 2007; a subsidiary of Dong Energy.
A planning application was submitted in November 2009, and consent was given by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in 2011 for a development of up to 80 turbines of up to 245 MW power with a limit of 172 m (564 ft) turbine tip height, and 150 m (490 ft) rotor diameter, as well as associated onshore and offshore substations, cabling and other infrastructure.
Initial expectations were for an earliest in service date of 2014, in January 2013 construction of the wind farm was confirmed, with construction scheduled to start in 2014 with the farm operational by 2015.
Dong Energy sold a 50% stake in the wind farm in equal parts to the Green Investment Bank and to Marubeni Corporation for a total of £240 million; as part of the sale the two buyers committed to investing £500 million in the construction of the wind farm; the two companies, through the joint company WMR JV Investco Limited secured £370 million from lenders in August 2014 to fund the capital cost of the project.
The wind farm is located 8 km (5.0 mi) off the Holderness coast, roughly northwest of Withernsea. The proposed design is for 35 to 80 turbines of between 3 and 7 MW power output, in an area of 35 km2 (14 sq mi), with a total installed capacity of up to 245 MW.
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