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Galloper Offshore Wind Farm Hits Full Throttle

Swindon, Wiltshire, UK - The 353 MW Galloper Offshore Wind Farm, has achieved full generation, on schedule and within budget, with all fifty-six turbines now generating home-grown renewable electricity.

According to innogy SE, construction of the £1.5 billion wind farm located 30 km off the Suffolk coast has been completed in record time since it began in November 2016. innogy has led on the development and construction of Galloper on behalf of the project partners, and confirmed full generation was achieved on 29th March 2018 as Siemens Gamesa switched on the last of the 56 wind turbines.

Progress on the project has moved at pace with foundation installation completed two months ahead of schedule in March 2017 and completion of construction and first generation achieved by the end of 2017.

Galloper Project Director, Toby Edmonds, said: “Getting all the turbines switched on means we’ve done it and in record time! We can now celebrate the project moving into the operation phase. Galloper will run for over twenty years ensuring clean renewable energy helping to power a decarbonised UK economy and delivering enough energy for around 380,000 homes annually.

A planning application is currently being progressed for the Operations & Maintenance building and infrastructure. Once planning permission is granted, construction of the base and supporting infrastructure is expected to take around 12 months.



Source: IWR Online, 11 Apr 2018