Orsted has reached financial close on the 16MW Ballykeel onshore wind farm in Northern Ireland.
The project is located in the Antrim region in the north-eastern part of the country and was acquired by Orsted in June last year.
The developer said the site is expected to be operational in 2023 and will bring Orsted’s onshore capacity in Ireland to 372MW in operation and under construction.
This final investment decision follows the long-term fixed-price corporate power purchase agreement signed with Amazon that was announced in December, under which Amazon will offtake all power produced by the wind farm.
The CPPA is the first of its kind to be signed in Northern Ireland, Orsted said.
Orsted vice president and managing director of Ireland & UK onshore Kieran White said: “I’m delighted that we’re continuing to bring renewable projects in Northern Ireland to FID, and we look forward to completing the Ballykeel project in close cooperation with Amazon.
“This project is the first project in Northern Ireland to reach FID under a corporate PPA, which shows that it’s possible to add green power to the Northern Ireland grid in the absence of government subsidies for renewable projects.”