Arklow Bank Wind Park

E788993

Arklow Bank Wind Park is an offshore wind farm located off the coast of County Wicklow, Ireland, and is notable as one of the country’s first major commercial-scale wind energy projects in the Irish Sea.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf offshore wind farm ⓘ
wind energy project ⓘ
commissioned 2004 ⓘ
constructionType offshore fixed-bottom wind farm ⓘ
contributesTo Ireland’s renewable energy targets ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
developer Airtricity ⓘ
distanceFromShoreKm approximately 10 ⓘ
energySource wind ⓘ
environmentalImpactCategory renewable low-carbon electricity generation ⓘ
gridConnection Irish national grid ⓘ
gridOperator EirGrid ⓘ
hasInfrastructure offshore foundations ⓘ
offshore substations (planned for later phases) ⓘ
subsea cables ⓘ
hasOwnerOrDeveloperAtVariousTimes Airtricity ⓘ
SSE Renewables ⓘ
hasPhase Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 1 ⓘ
Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 ⓘ
Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 3 ⓘ
jurisdiction Irish regulatory authorities ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Irish Sea ⓘ
locatedInEEZ exclusive economic zone of Ireland ⓘ
locatedInRegion Leinster ⓘ
locatedOffshoreFrom Arklow ⓘ
County Wicklow ⓘ
locatedOnSandbank Arklow Bank ⓘ
nearestPort Arklow Harbour ⓘ
notableFor early large-scale offshore wind development in the Irish Sea ⓘ
first commercial installation of GE 3.6 MW offshore turbines ⓘ
one of Ireland’s first major commercial-scale offshore wind energy projects ⓘ
one of the earliest commercial-scale offshore wind farms in Ireland ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 7 ⓘ
partOf Irish electricity system ⓘ
plannedExpansion capacity increase through Phase 2 and Phase 3 ⓘ
powerGenerationType offshore wind power ⓘ
primaryPurpose electricity generation from renewable energy ⓘ
region east coast of Ireland ⓘ
sector renewable energy sector ⓘ
status operational (Phase 1) ⓘ
technologyType horizontal-axis wind turbines ⓘ
totalCapacityMW 25.2 ⓘ
turbineCapacityMW 3.6 ⓘ
turbineManufacturer GE Wind Energy ⓘ
turbineModel GE 3.6 MW offshore turbine ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish Sea offshore wind farms → hasProject → Arklow Bank Wind Park ⓘ
Arklow Bank Wind Park → hasPhase → Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 1 ⓘ
linked to: Arklow Bank Wind Park
Arklow Bank Wind Park → hasPhase → Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 ⓘ
linked to: Arklow Bank Wind Park
Arklow Bank Wind Park → hasPhase → Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 3 ⓘ
linked to: Arklow Bank Wind Park