The most recent newsletter for the Awel y Môr windfarm is available from the Awel y Môr website here.
Consent granted by Secretary of State
On the 20th of September 2023, the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Claire Coutinho MP, granted a Development Consents Order (“DCO”) for the Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm. This DCO has been issued after five years of consultation and assessment with a range of stakeholders, ensuring that local views were taken into account.
RWE is now awaiting the award of the Marine Licence by Natural Resources Wales.
Offshore Site Investigations: November 2023 and into 2024
The next step for the project is to commence site investigation surveys, which will enable data collection to inform the design and methods of wind farm construction.
The Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm intends to commence geotechnical survey works in the coming months, with a planned start of early November 2023.
The plans for the geotechnical campaign are being finalised and a full update will be provided later this month in the form of a Notice to Mariners.
The project intends to commence geophysical survey operations in 2024. Further information on the 2024 geophysical campaign will be circulated in due course
About the proposed windfarm
The Awel y Môr Offshore Wind Farm would be built around six miles off the North Wales coast, to the west of the existing Gwynt y Môr windfarm. Awel y Môr would be connected to the National Grid by an export cable coming ashore between Rhyl and Prestatyn. The proposed windfarm would include up to 50 wind turbines. It could generate enough power for up to half a million homes, and it will be the largest renewable energy investment in Wales in this decade.
Full project details and maps of the windfarm location are available at the project website awelymor.cymru.