Planning Application Filed for 1.3 GW Irish Offshore Wind Project

The Codling project was one of Ireland’s seven offshore wind farms that were awarded Maritime Area Consents (MACs). Codling Wind Park secured its Contract for Difference (CfD) at a strike price EUR/MWh 89.82.

The offshore wind project will be built 13-22 kilometres off the County Wicklow coast between Greystones and Wicklow Town.

The planning application gives two wind turbine design options, either installing 75 turbines with a rotor diameter of 250 metres and blade tip height of 287.72 metres, or 60 units with a rotor diameter of 276 metres and blade tip height of 313.72 metres.

The offshore transmission infrastructure will consist of three offshore substation structures (OSSs) each comprising a topside fixed on a single monopile foundation to which inter-array cables and interconnector will connect, and three 220 kV offshore export cables, connecting the OSSs to the landfall on the southern shoreline of the Poolbeg Peninsula.

Onshore transmission infrastructure will include onshore export cables routed underground from the landfall to a new onshore substation located to the north of Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4, and an onward connection to the existing Poolbeg 220 kV electrical substation at Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4.

A ten-year planning permission is sought, with an operational lifetime of 25 years.

The offshore wind farm could enter construction in 2026-2027, subject to receiving planning permission and all other necessary permits and consents being received.

In April, the joint venture contracted the engineering company COWI for the foundation design for the Codling Wind Park project.

Under the contract, COWI will deliver Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Detailed Design of the wind turbine foundations and associated components, and offshore substation foundations.