First Flight wind farm
First Flight wind farm | |
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Country | Northern Ireland |
Location | Irish Sea, off County Down coast |
Coordinates | 54°05′10″N 5°38′02″W / 54.086°N 5.634°W |
Status | Canceled |
Wind farm | |
Type | Offshore |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | ~300-400MW |
External links | |
Website | www.firstflightwind.com |
First Flight wind farm was a late 2000s proposed offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea, southeast of the southern coast of County Down, Northern Ireland.
History
In 2009 the
In December 2011
In 2014 First Flight Wind published an environmental scoping report for consultation.[8][9] The developing company's initial (2014) estimates of the development process are for development of an application to be submitted c.2016, which if consented (period less than 1 year) would enter require a year for the design and contracts to be finalised, with construction taking place between late 2017 and 2021.[10]
In 2014 the scale of the wind farm was reduced to minimise effects on shipping (Warrenpoint-Heysham) and fishing (Nephrops prawn); the resultant development had an estimated generating capacity of 300-400MW.[11][12]
In 2014 the developers abandoned the wind farm plans due to an unfavourable regulatorary process and insufficient development incentives.[13][14]
References
- ^ Offshore Renewable Energy Strategic Action Plan 2009-2020 (consultation) (Dec 2009) p.19
- ^ SEA -NTS (Dec 2009) p.2; fig.C, p.11; table 6, p.19; table 9. p23
- The Crown Estate, 15 December 2011
- ^ Offshore Scoping Report (Feb 2014) 3.5-3.8, pp.6-7; fig.3.1, p.7; 4.6, p.10
- ^ Offshore Scoping Report (Feb 2014) 1.1, p.1
- ^ "Northern Ireland green energy licences granted", BBC News, 10 October 2012
- ^ Offshore Scoping Report (Feb 2014) 3.10, p.7
- ^ First Flight Wind Publishes Offshore Scoping Report, Down District Council, 3 March 2014
- ^ Offshore Scoping Report (Feb 2014)
- ^ Offshore Scoping Report (Feb 2014) 3.12, p.8; fig.3.2, p.8
- ^ "Deep cut at 600MW First Flight", renews.biz, 17 June 2014
- ^ "First Flight Wind identifies preferred target capacity for offshore wind project", www.firstflightwind.com, 17 June 2014
- ^ "First Flight dumps NI offshore plan", renews.biz, 2 December 2014
- ^ O'Neill, Julian (2 December 2014), "County Down offshore wind farm plans scrapped", BBC News Northern Ireland
Sources
- "Strategic Environmental Assessment of Offshore Wind and Marine Renewable Energy", www.offshorenergyni.co.uk, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
- Consultation on an Offshore Renewable Energy Strategic Action Plan 2009-2020 (PDF), December 2009
- AECOM; Metoc (December 2009), Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - Non-Technical Summary (NTS) (PDF)
- Offshore Scoping Report (PDF), First Flight Wind, 28 February 2014
- First Flight Wind, 4C Offshore
External links
- Developers
- "B9 Energy Group", www.b9energy.com
- "RES Group", www.res-group.com
- "DONG Energy (UK)", www.dongenergy.co.uk