REpower will supply the first of 30 turbines rated at 5MW each from the end of 2010.

Sweden’s state-owned Vattenfall purchased the Ormonde project in 2008. But it only made the decision to fully pursue Ormonde after the UK government boosted its financial support for offshore wind by doubling the amount of Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) that projects are eligible for.

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