- Extension of the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm is named Five Estuaries
- RWE Renewables developing the wind farm on behalf of project partners
Swindon, September 2020
RWE Renewables and project partners, including a Macquarie-led consortium , Siemens’ financing arm, Siemens Financial Services, ESB and Sumitomo Corporation, have today announced that they will develop an extension project to the existing operational Galloper Offshore Wind Farm.
The Galloper extension project, which is currently in the early stages of its development, will be known as Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm. The expected capacity of Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm is expected to be in excess of 300MW. RWE Renewables will lead the development on behalf of the partners, who are the same as the operational Galloper Wind Farm.
The Agreement for Lease for the project was signed with The Crown Estate in late August 2020 for an area of seabed around 149km2. Similar to the existing Galloper Wind Farm, it will cover two fields within the designated area in the Southern North Sea.
Five Estuaries Project Manager, Umair Patel said: “As project partners we have already successfully delivered the £1.5 billion Galloper Wind Farm and are excited to be working together once again on the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm. Whilst the project is an extension of the existing Galloper Wind Farm it will be progressed as a national infrastructure energy project on its own merit, going through a separate and comprehensive, development and planning process which we welcome as a responsible developer. We are at an early stage of development and would anticipate the project becoming operational around 2030.”
He added: “The new name is a nod to the well-known estuaries along the East coast of England where the project is located. We have also launched the project website, so people can access information, track progress and get in touch with the project team.”
The Five Estuaries website is: www.fiveestuaries.co.uk
The existing Galloper Wind Farm, which is 30km off the Suffolk coast, became fully operational in March 2018 with the 353MW project generating enough energy for approximately 380,000 homes per annum. Hundreds of jobs were created during the construction of Galloper Wind Farm and sixty long term jobs in its current operational phase. A £10 million, state-of-the art, purpose-built Operations & Maintenance facility recently opened in Harwich International Port to support the ongoing running of the wind farm. Two of the main contractors involved in the building of the base were East coast companies.
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Note to Editors
The Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm project partners include a Macquarie-led consortium (25%), RWE (25%) Siemens’ financing arm, Siemens Financial Services (25%), ESB (12.5%) and Sumitomo Corporation (12.5%).
For further information contact:
Rebecca Neal, RWE Renewables
M: 07584703683 E: rebecca.neal@rwe.com
RWE is proud to be leading the development of the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm on behalf of the project partners.