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Barrow
90 MW Current Status: Generating Power United Kingdom Maximum water depth: 16.00 m Distance from shore: 13 km
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Who is generating power
Who's Generating Power?
1.  United Kingdom - 1175.60 MW
2.  Denmark - 655.88 MW
3.  Netherlands - 246.80 MW
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Who's Building Offshore Wind Farms?
Who's Building Offshore Wind Farms?
1.  United Kingdom - 1155 MW
2.  Germany - 448 MW
3.  Denmark - 207 MW
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Whose Turbines are Generating?
Whose Turbines are Generating?
1.  Vestas Offshore A/S (Vestas Wind Systems A/S) - 1219.92 MW
2.  Siemens Wind Power A/S (Siemens AG) - 885.60 MW
3.  Bonus energy A/S (Siemens Wind Power A/S) - 244.15 MW
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How much infield cabling is needed for recently consented projects?
How much infield cabling is needed for projects that are consented (but not yet under construction) ?
1.  Germany - 1942 Km
2.  Netherlands - 884 Km
3.  United Kingdom - 694 Km
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Organisation TypeDescriptionSource 
NFFO Services Limited
Stakeholder Type: Consultant-EIA Consultant-EIA
Fisheries Studies Other correct
NFFO Services Limited
Stakeholder Type: Consultant-Other Consultant-Other
Onshore Fishery Liaison Other correct
Carl C. A/S
Stakeholder Type: Manufacturer-Met Mast Manufacturer-Met Mast
Manufactured 15m Series 3 Tilt-Up Tower attached to substation. Supplied via RAD Tech Other correct
Global Marine Systems Ltd
Stakeholder Type: Installer-Array Cabling Installer-Array Cabling
Performed remedial installation on the array cabling. Visit correct
Smulders Projects
Stakeholder Type: Manufacturer-Foundation Manufacturer-Foundation
Delivered the foundations for the wind farm. Visit correct
Lankelma (Gardline Shipping)
Stakeholder Type: Surveyor-Geotechnical Surveyor-Geotechnical
30x CPT's to 35m and cable route survey. Visit correct
SEtech (Geotechnical Engineers) Ltd (Gardline Shipping)
Stakeholder Type: Consultant-Other Consultant-Other
Designed survey specification, wrote CPTinterpretation, geotechnical interpretation and burial risk assessment reports. Wrote burial performance ETA and plough review. Visit correct
Gardline Environmental Limited (GEL) (Gardline Shipping)
Stakeholder Type: Surveyor-Other Surveyor-Other
Performed a 15 month hydrodynamic study. Analysis of data and presentation of results. Visit correct
Titan Environmental Surveys (Gardline Shipping)
Stakeholder Type: Surveyor-Other Surveyor-Other
Preconstruction fish trawl survey and post construction fish survey. Visit correct
Titan Environmental Surveys (Gardline Shipping)
Stakeholder Type: Surveyor-Geophysical Surveyor-Geophysical
Geophysical survey (SBES, SSS, SBP, magnetometer) of the site and the cable route.Surveyed scour pits post deployment and measured downstream wakes. Visit correct
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Pauline (SEA-900)Vessel-Operations And Maintenance CoSurv Offshore Ltd The Pauline was utilised whilst changing a turbine gearbox on Barrow windfarm More... correct
Forth Hunter Vessel-Support Briggs Marine & Environmental Services Supply of support vessel to client:Vestas More... correct
Forth EngineerVessel-Support Briggs Marine & Environmental Services Supply of support vessel to client:REDS More... correct
CameronVessel-Support Briggs Marine & Environmental Services Supply of support vessel to client:REDS More... correct
SovereignVessel-Array Cable Installation Global Marine Systems Ltd Used the C/S Sovereign for remedial array cable lay. More... correct
ResolutionVessel-Foundation Installation MPI Offshore Ltd Period: Nov-2005
Supplied the Resolution for the turbine and foundation installation. More... 		correct
ResolutionVessel-Turbine Installation MPI Offshore Ltd Supplied the Resolution for the turbine and foundation installation. More... correct
Pontra MarisVessel-Export Cable Installation Stemat Marine Services Supplied the Pontramantis vessel for the export cable lay. More... correct
Matador 3Vessel-Substation Installation Bonn & Mees Drijvende Bokken BV Supplied the vessel the Matador 3 for the installation of the offshore substation. More... correct
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Wind Farm Name Barrow correct
Other Names correct
CountryUnited Kingdom
Region North West correct
SeaName Irish Sea correct
Centre Latitude 53.991°
Centre Longitude -3.295°
Round (UK Only)1
Development Status Generating Power correct
Comments on the StatusGenerating since March 2006
Status Documentation
Capacity 90 MW correct
Turbine Capacity 3 MW correct
Number of Turbines 30 correct
Turbine Model Vestas V90-3.0 MW correct
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Rotor Diameter 90 m correct
Total Turbine Height 120 m correct
Hub Height 75 m
Other comments on this dataOfgem's Offshore Transmission Owners (OFTOs) preferred bidder is Transmission Capital Partners. The reserve bidder is Macquarie Capital Group Ltd.
Foundation Monopile correct
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Area 10 km2
Water Depth Min 12 m correct
Water Depth Max 16 m correct
Distance From Shore (reported) 7.5 km correct
Distance From Shore (computed from wind farm centre) 12.8 km
Export Cable Length 26 km correct
Infield Cable Length 22 km correct
Estimated Infield Cable Length This information is available in the purchased database - please enquire.
Export Cable Capacity 145 kV correct
Infield Cable Capacity 33 kV correct
Number of Export Cables 1 correct
Export Cable Type XLPE Submarine Cable correct
Cable Description correct
Number of Offshore Substations 1 correct
Grid Connection Point Heysham correct
Cable Landing Point Heysham correct
Soil Types very loose silty sands to stiff gravely clays with numerous troublesome cobbles correct
Annual Capacity Factor correct
Expected Life 20 years correct
Estimated Capital Cost (CapEx) This information is available in the purchased database - please enquire.
Stated Project Cost GBP(mill) 139.50 correct
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Jobs Created correct
Port For Installation Base Belfast correct
Port For Ops and Maintenance Barrow correct
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Number of homes powered annually: 50323 homes
CO2 Reduced Per Year 101704 tonnes
SO2 Reduced Per Year 2365 tonnes
Website Visit correct

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DateTypeDescriptionSourceCorrect
Jun-2010
Event Type: Operation - Service and Maintenance Operation - Service and Maintenance
Inspection of export cable scheduled to finish. Visit correct
May-2010
Event Type: Operation - Service and Maintenance Operation - Service and Maintenance
Inspection of export cable scheduled to begin. Visit correct
2008
Event Type: Installation - Met Mast Installation - Met Mast
Carl C A/S 15m Series 3 Tilt-Up Met Mast Tower installed Visit correct
Jun-2006
Event Type: Installation - Final Testing Installation - Final Testing
Final testing finishes. Visit correct
Apr-2006
Event Type: Installation - Cable installation Installation - Cable installation
Offshore cable installation finishes. Visit correct
Mar-2006
Event Type: Installation - Final Testing Installation - Final Testing
Final testing starts. Visit correct
Mar-2006
Event Type: Operation - Generating Power Operation - Generating Power
Generating Power Visit correct
Sep-2005
Event Type: Installation - Turbine Installation Installation - Turbine Installation
Turbine installation finishes. Visit correct
Jul-2005
Event Type: Installation - Cable installation Installation - Cable installation
Offshore cable installation starts. Visit correct
Jul-2005
Event Type: Installation - Turbine Installation Installation - Turbine Installation
Turbine installation starts. Visit correct
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Added: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:43:00 GMT
Hai. Good Site
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