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General Information Name Ormonde Other names Country name United Kingdom Region England, North West Comments Gas field production licence handed back to DECC as it was not economically viable. Round (or category) Gas-Wind Hybrid Development status Fully Commissioned Comments on the status The site was officially inaugurated on 19 September 2012. Power & Turbines Notice any Errors? You can keep this an open resource by submitting corrections! Project Capacity 150 MW Turbine Model 5M (REpower) Turbine Capacity 5.08 MW Number of Turbines 30 Total Turbine Height 163 m Hub Height 100.00 m Rotor Diameter 126 m Foundation Grounded: Jacket Download Database for Excel Windspeed 10 Year Mean Wind Speed (2000-2009) Available online now Detailed wind speed data 6 hr/day/month historic data Costs Stated Project Cost EUR(mill) 552.00 Location & Environment Sea name Irish Sea (Irish Sea) Centre latitude 54.088° Centre longitude -3.437° Area 10 km2 Depth range (Chart Datum) 17 m - 21 m Depth range stated by developer 17 m - 22 m Distance From Shore (reported) 9.5 km Distance From Shore (computed from centre) 12.3 km Ports Installation base Belfast Ops and maintenance Barrow Grid Converter platforms None Offshore transformers Ormonde Substation Grid connection point Heysham Cable landing point North of Heysham Port in Half Moon Bay Export Cables Please note that export cables connect the offshore transformer (substation) to either; shore or an offshore HVAC-HVDC converter station for onward transmission via HVDC cabling. Please see the converters page for planned converter stations and transmission cables. The export cable length does not generally include the onshore component. The exception is when the onshore substation is close to shore. Number of Export Cables 1 Average length per cable 42 km Transmission type (e.g. HVAC) HVAC Nominal voltage 132 kV Maximum voltage Power rating 158 MVA Number of cores 3 Conductor type Cu Section 630 mm2 Insulation XLPE Number fibre optics 24 Minimum bend radius (MBR) 3 m Burial depth 2 m Comments 32m£ have been spent on export cable supply and installation Onshore Cables (new) Number of onshore cables 3 Average length per cable 2.8 km Comments 3 underground single core cables, 132kV, 157MVA. Buried to a depth of 0.9m. Array Cables Array cable length 25 km Estimated cable length In purchased database Transmission type (e.g. MVAC) MVAC Nominal voltage 33 kV Maximum voltage Burial depth Number of cores 3 Conductor type Cu Section 150/300/500 mm2 Insulation XLPE Power rating Number of fibre optics 24 Minimum bend radius (MBR) Comments Prysmian 33kV submarine composite cables - (3x 500m2)(3x300m2)(3x150mm2) Benefits Homes powered annually 83872 CO2 reduced per year 169506 tonnes SO2 reduced per year 3942 tonnes Expected life 25.0 years Other Website Visit

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	Added: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:50:00 GMT
	The Rotor Diameter is 126m for the REpower 5M turbine. Correction will be visible on this page shortly. Thank you for bringing this error to our attention.
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