Dong's 184MW Walney 1 now 'fully operational' in the Irish Sea

Construction at Walney 1 was finished in May, when the last of 51 Siemens 2.3MW turbines exported its first power to the onshore grid.

Since then, the project’s developers – Dong and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) – have been conducting commissioning tests and “minor corrections”.

All such work has been completed, according to SSE, with all turbines flowing electricity under water for 14km to the Cumbrian coast.

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