West of Duddon Sands, a joint venture owned by DONG Energy (50%) and ScottishPower Renewables (50%) have announced that it has signed an agreement for the sale of transmission assets to WoDS Transmission plc.
WoDS Transmission plc is owned by a consortium comprising of Macquarie Corporate Holdings Pty Limited (50%) and 3i Infrastructure plc (50%). The transmission assets hold an asset value of GBP 269 million. The assets include the onshore substation, export cables and the offshore substation. The West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm is located approximately 15 kilometres off Walney Island, Cumbria, in the Irish Sea in the UK and it consists of 108 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines with a total capacity of 389MW.
