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Partnering with Ørsted to deliver the Tonn Nua offshore wind farm

In partnership with Ørsted, we were provisionally awarded the rights to develop the Tonn Nua site off the coast of County Waterford by The Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE).

Currently in an early phase of development, once completed the site will span 306 square kilometres with expected capacity output of approximately 900MW, enough energy to power almost one million homes based on the wind prevalence in the area.

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Our Generation Portfolio

Woodhouse

Feb 23, 2022, 16:23 PM
Title : Woodhouse
Location : Co. Waterford
Select a choice : Wind
Latitude : 52.0789264
Longitude : -7.7922472

Fuel: Wind

Capacity: 20 MW

Commissioned: 2015

Technology: 5 Nordex (N100-2.5MW) Turbines and 3 Nordex (N90-2.5MW) Turbines


When officially commissioned on September 13th, 2015 our newest wind farm; Woodhouse brought our total operational fleet to 409 MW.

The wind farm lies on the slopes of Knocknamona hill part of the distinctive Drum Hills located in the town land of Kereen about 10km west of the coastal harbour town of Dungarvan, County Waterford.

Woodhouse features 8 turbines with a combined generating capacity of 20 MW. It can generate enough renewable electricity to power around 12,700 households a year, which equates to some 30% of County Waterford.

Each year, the operation of Woodhouse Wind Farm off-sets the emission of more than 54,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (Co2) equivalent to removing 14,500 cars from the roads.

See how this wind farm was constructed.

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