504 MW: RWE Innogy receives consent to build the Galloper offshore wind farm

Essen, Germany / Swindon, England - The British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has issued approval for the construction of the Galloper offshore wind farm off the south east coast of England.

The wind farm has been developed in a joint venture between RWE Innogy and the British electric utility Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE). It will have an installed capacity of 504 megawatts. The project is located some 27 kilometres off the coast of the English county of Suffolk. The plans that have now been approved provide for the construction of 140 wind turbines over an area of 180 square kilometres. It is furthermore intended to build up to three substations together with up to three meteorological masts at sea. The installation of three export cables that carry electricity to the feed-in point to the grid near Sizewell has also received consent.

Paul Cowling, Director of Offshore Wind at RWE Innogy comments, "Galloper is the first of our four British offshore wind projects at the development stage for which we have now received approval. Building upon the experience we gained during construction of the Greater Gabbard wind farm

Source: IWR Online, 28 May 2013