Farms (open to visitors) · North East England
Teesside Wind Farm
Teesside Wind Farm in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Teesside Wind Farm is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Teesside Wind Farm, or alternatively referred to as Redcar Wind Farm, is a 27 turbine 62 MW capacity offshore wind farm constructed just to the east of the mouth of the River Tees and 1.5 km north of Redcar off the North Yorkshire coast, in the North Sea, England. Construction of the windfarm began in February 2011 and was complete by June 2013. The wind farm was developed by EDF Energy (Northern Offshore Wind) Ltd., and is operated by Teesside Windfarm Ltd.; the owner (100%) is EDF Energy Renewables.
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Background
History
In 2004 EDF was awarded a 22-year lease from The Crown Estate to develop a wind farm at Teesside during the first phase of UK offshore wind farm development. (See also Round 1 wind farm.) The wind farm site was located 1.5 km offshore of Coatham Sands, Redcar in Cleveland, UK on a 10 km2 site; initial plans were to install 3 rows of 10 turbines of rating 2.3–3.6 MW, with electrical power supplied to shore with landfall at South Gare / Coatham Sands with a land substation and control room at Warrenby; connection to the existing electrical grid was to be made to Northern Electric Distribution (NEDL)'s (see Northern Electric) electricity network at Lackenby The windfarm was planned to operate…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6480, -1.0950
- Address
- 1.5km north of Redcar, Teesside
- Established
- 2013
Sources
- wikidata: Q7694582 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Teesside Wind Farm (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Teesside Wind Farm?
- Teesside Wind Farm is in North-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was Teesside Wind Farm built?
- Built or established in 2013.
- Who owns Teesside Wind Farm?
- Teesside Wind Farm is owned by | operator =.