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Step Forward Made in Wind Farm Plans
The company was granted a license for the area off the island’s east coast by the gov in 2015.
Orsted has taken the next step forward in its plans to develop an offshore wind farm in Manx waters.
The company was granted a license for the area off the island’s east coast by the gov in 2015.
As part of its plans to test the viability of a wind farm in the area, Orsted’s contractors have deployed a wave measurement buoy and subsea temperature monitoring device.
The company said: ‘The addition of a subsea temperature monitoring device to this buoy will gather data for the first time on water temperature to the east of the Isle of Man. It is hoped in the coming months and years that this data will be used by stakeholders across the island to track trends and monitor the growing impact on the marine environment from global climate change.’
Development director at Ørsted, John Galloway, added: ‘The deployment of this device off the east coast of the Isle of Man is just part of the wide range of surveys that we have been carrying out over the years as we design this project.
‘We’re extremely proud that we’ve been able to repurpose and reuse a wave measurement buoy from one of our existing Irish Sea projects – yet another signal of Ørsted’s commitment to sustainability and driving down the cost of offshore wind.’
Earlier this year, Ørsted opened their Isle of Man office, located in Athol Street, Douglas, that will serve as the hub for the company’s further development of renewable energy projects in the Irish Sea.
