Western Star wind farm

Project Type: Offshore wind
Country: Ireland
Location: Clare

Planned
Consented
In Construction
Operational

Western Star is a proposed floating offshore wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean

The Western Star project is a 50:50 joint venture between Simply Blue Group and EDF Renewables. Located at least 35km off the west coast of Clare, in waters approximately 110m deep, it will have a total capacity of c.1.35GW, powering the equivalent of over one million homes.

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1m homes

powered

c.1.35 GW

maximum capacity

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