Dong to build Westermost Rough

The wind farm will use 35 Siemens 6MW machines

Denmark’s Dong Energy has confirmed it will go ahead with the 210MW Westermost Rough wind farm in the UK North Sea, taking the first 35 Siemens SWT-6.0-154 turbines under a 300-machine framework deal.

The €1bn ($1.36bn) development, situated in depths of 16-26 metres eight kilometres off the northeast coast of England, will mark the first use of the German company’s larger-rotor version of its 6MW turbine, which has been running onshore at Denmark’s Østerild test centre since last autumn.

Dong's investment decision means construction at Westernmost Rough will begin next year, with switch-on in the first half of 2015. Power produced would meet the electricity demand of 210,000 British households.

“With the decision to build Westermost Rough, we expand our position as world leading in the…

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