A 500 MW wind farm with the power to supply clean electricity to over 415,000 homes, more than all the demand in Suffolk, was approved for construction last week. The project is being developed by Airtricity and Fluor. Comprised of 140-turbines the project will cut CO2 emissions by 1.5 million tonnes a year – the equivalent of taking 350,000 cars off the road.

Airtricity, one of Europe’s leading renewable energy companies, together with its joint venture partner Fluor, has been awarded a lease from The Crown Estate to build and operate the offshore wind park at Greater Gabbard in the United Kingdom.

The award of the lease to the Airtricity/Fluor joint venture is part of the second round competition for UK offshore wind farm developments by The Crown Estate. The sites available for offshore wind farm development are located in the three strategic areas announced by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in July 2003: the Thames Estuary, the Greater Wash and the North West (Liverpool Bay).

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