UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho has granted consent to RWE’s Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm. The project will be located alongside the operational 576MW Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm.
The development is being led by RWE and is planned to be operational before 2030 with a maximum of 50 turbines at a maximum height of 332 meters. The team is now awaiting the granting of the necessary marine licence from Natural Resources Wales, in order to progress the project into construction. RWE is developing Awel y Môr, in a Joint Venture with partners Stadtwerke München (30 per cent) and Siemens Financial Services, the financing arm of Siemens (10 per cent).
