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Gwynt y Mor completed

24 November 2014 by David Weston

UK: RWE has completed the construction phase of the 576MW Gwynt y Mor project ahead of final commissioning next year.

Construction at Gwynt y Mor has been completed in three years
Construction at Gwynt y Mor has been completed in three years

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The 161st and final inter-array cable was installed by Reef Subsea's Polar Prince and Polar King vessels.

RWE will now begin working towards commissioning the final 41 turbines of the 160-turbine project in 2015.

The first power from Gwynt y Mor was exported in August 2013 just three months after the first turbine was installed. RWE said all offshore construction has taken just under three years to complete.

The final Siemens 3.6MW turbine was installed in July 2014 and the developer since then has been installing the last of the cables.

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