A huge new offshore wind farm could power over a third of Welsh homes with renewable energy, those behind the project have claimed.
It could also cut energy costs and help the Welsh Government reach their 70% renewable energy target by 2030. Tamsyn Rowe at RWE’s Gwynt y Mor, one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms located eight miles offshore in Liverpool Bay, off the coast of North Wales “If it’s approved, as the project is in an early stage at the moment, it could power up to 500,000 homes with green, clean, renewable energy.“Projects like Awel y Mor could help us de-carbonise society and protect it for future generations.
Ms Rowe said the company had spent three years preparing surveys on sea bed ecology, and on the bird population due to the proposed turbines being larger and having a maximum tip height of 332m. The project lies in Welsh waters and therefore a Marine Licence must also be granted by the Welsh Government through Natural Resources Wales whose consultation ends on August 18.
RWE is already the largest provider of renewable energy in Wales and it is now looking at building floating wind farms off the south coast of Wales.