RWE has received formal confirmation that its 824MW Dublin Array Offshore Wind Farm project has been awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) in the first Irish Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS1) auction, run by Irish Grid operator EirGrid.

The offer is the company’s first offshore wind farm to be developed off the east coast of Ireland. RWE is an important renewables developer in Ireland and a key partner to Irish Government in reaching its 2030 offshore wind targets and pathway to net zero ambition by 2050.

Dublin Array is a proposed offshore wind farm on the Kish and Bray Banks, approximately 10 km from the coastline of counties Dublin and Wicklow. Once operational, Dublin Array would have an installed capacity of 824 MW, and consist of up to a maximum of 50 turbines, depending on the model of turbine chosen at the time. Its output of clean, green electricity would help to reduce Ireland’s carbon emissions each year.

RWE is developing Dublin Array in partnership with Saorgus Energy, both partners hold a 50 percent share in the project. Alongside Dublin Array, RWE is also in the early stages of developing a second large offshore project off the coast of Ireland, called East Celtic Offshore Wind Farm.