RWE Submits Planning Application for 824 MW Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm

German utility RWE has submitted a planning application for the 824 MW Dublin Array offshore wind farm located off the Irish coast. The official papers were submitted by Bray Offshore Wind and Kish Offshore Wind, special-purpose vehicles created to develop the project.

The offshore wind farm now awaits planning permission and a financial investment decision which should occur before 2027 when RWE expects to start construction. If all goes according to plan and on schedule, operations on the offshore wind farm could begin as early as 2030.

The Dublin Array offshore wind farm will be located 10 km off the shores of Dublin and Wicklow counties and will be developed using between 39 and 50 turbines. RWE is developing the project in cooperation with Irish renewable energy company Saorgus Energy.

The project is expected to create over 800 full-time equivalent jobs during construction. During the operational phase, around 80 people will be directly employed and another 160 indirectly.

Apart from the wind farm, RWE is proposing the construction of an operations and maintenance base at St. Michael’s Pier in Dún Laoghaire.