During the years 2010 to 2011 the Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd. will construct Walney 1 and Walney 2 offshore wind farms, located approximately 15km off Walney Island, Cumbria, in the Irish Sea in the UK.

Walney 1 and Walney 2 will each comprise 51turbines with a total capacity of 367.2MW. The development includes foundations, turbines, export- and array cables, offshore substations and onshore connection to grid. 

When the project is completed, approximately 320,000 homes or one and a half times the number of households in Cumbria could be provided with clean electricity in the years to come. The project makes a considerable contribution to the domestic UK target of reducing CO2 emissions.




First power from Walney 1
The first power from the Walney 1 Offshore Windfarm was generated at 15:24 on Thursday 13 January 2011 as turbine C05 was put into operation (see chart of the area) and its first power was supplied to the national grid through the onshore transformer station in Heysham. 

Installation of Walney 2
The installation of Walney 2 will be begin March 2011, and parallel installation activities will shorten the construction timeframe. Crane barges, jack-up vessels and tugs will be working out of ports in the East Irish Sea area, primarily Barrow and Mostyn harbours. These vessels will be positioned using state-of-the-art positioning systems for pin-point accuracy. A number of smaller vessels will be supporting the work by carrying out surveys and continuing environmental monitoring studies, they will also be used to ferry personnel to and from the wind farm.