Narec was awarded a grant by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in February 2010 to put the infrastructure in place for a grid connected offshore demonstration platform, with the capacity to accommodate up to 99.9MW of offshore wind power.

The proposed demonstration facility for pre commercial prototype offshore wind turbines will be unique in global R&D terms, enabling manufacturers and wind farm developers to learn new approaches across the supply chain for the development, deployment and O&M of new turbine technologies.

An Offshore Anemometry Hub has been installed 3 nautical miles offshore of Blyth, Northumberland.  Close to the location of the proposed nearest shore array of the Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstrator Project, it will provide wind resource and environmental data to validate turbine demonstrations on the proposed site.
 

Tony Quinn - Operations Director
Tel. 01670 357323
Email. tony.quinn@narec.co.uk