Eon’s 219MW Humber Gateway offshore wind farm has generated more electricity than expected in its first full year of operation, boosted by particularly windy weather over the winter the period.
Eon said the 73-turbine project had generated almost 854,400MWh of electricity by the end of May.
Eon Humber Gateway plant manager Jon Beresford said: “Over the last year the operations team based in Grimsby Fish Dock have worked particularly hard to ensure the sites safe and effective operation including the successful completion of three monthly servicing as required for the first year of operation.
“This will now move to annual servicing, meaning the site is expected to power more megawatt hours of electricity going forward.”
He added that the wind farm has created 47 full-time roles plus five local apprentices who will work on site later this summer after they have completed their first year of training in the classroom.
Image: Humber Gateway (Eon)
