E.ON and Dong Energy, the partners in Scarweather Sands offshore wind farm in the UK's Swansea Bay, have decided against proceeding with the construction of the project.
A lease for the project was awarded to the partners by The Crown Estate as part of the first round of developments of offshore wind in the UK waters. It was viewed as a demonstration scale site to allow companies to gain experience for future developments.
However, the companies said that the challenging seabed conditions, relatively poor wind speeds at the location and a restriction on turbine height mean that Scarweather, with just 30 turbines, is no longer commercially viable.
Dave Rogers, regional director of renewables at E.ON, said: "This is not a decision that we've taken lightly, a lot of work has gone into trying to make the project work but, sadly, we've had to recognise that we can't go ahead. Put simply it has become clear that Scarweather Sands is not the best place to build a small scale offshore wind farm.
"We've learnt a lot from this development which has helped us in successfully delivering other larger projects and rather than carry on for the wrong reasons, we've decided not to build the wind farm."
E.ON and Dong Energy are also partners, together with Masdar, in the 1GW London Array project, a consented offshore wind farm, which is due to be built in the Thames approaches in 2012.
Source: Energy Business Review
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