Description: Walney Extension, located in the Irish Sea, comprises 87 offshore wind turbines and can generate clean electricity for nearly 600,000 UK homes.
Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, generates enough clean electricity to power nearly 600,000 homes. This massive feat of engineering was constructed on time and on budget and was inaugurated on the 6 September 2018.
Walney Extension is located approximately 19km (11.8 miles) west of Barrow-in-Furness off the northwest coast in the Irish Sea. The 659-megawatt (MW) project, owned by Ørsted (50%) and partners PKA (25%) and PFA (25%), is situated next to the existing Walney wind farm and West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm. Walney Extension brings Ørsted’s total capacity operating out of Barrow up to 1.5 gigawatts (GW), which is enough to power more than 1.2 million UK homes.
The wind farm is operated and maintained from our base in Barrow-in-Furness and supports more than 250 direct jobs in the region.