Western Star Floating Wind - a Simply Blue Group

The Western Star Floating Wind Project, situated in the Atlantic Ocean, off west coast of Ireland, will utilise cutting-edge Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) technology to construct a wind farm which, upon completion, will have a total installed capacity of up to 1.35 GW. This is equivalent to powering over 1 million Irish homes.

The proposed project will help Ireland to improve energy security and decarbonize the energy supply while playing an important role in helping the Irish government meet its target of 2GW floating wind in development by 2030.

The innovative floating technology proposed for this project will allow the turbines to be located far from shore and in waters over 100m deep where traditional fixed bottom turbine foundations would be uneconomical. This allows the turbines to be placed further from shore (35-60km offshore) which will reduce visual impacts and gain access to better wind speeds.

https://simplybluegroup.com/project/western-star-floating-wind/

Marine and Wind Energy Environmental Documents

Tethys is a knowledge hub that contains documents on the environmental effects of wind and marine energy. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Knowledge Base associated with Western Star Floating Wind - a Simply Blue Group.

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Title	Author	Date	Content Type	Technology	Stressor	Receptor
European Scalable Offshore Renewable Energy Source (EU-SCORES)	Francisco Correia da Fonseca	September 2021	Research Study	Marine Energy, Wave, Wind Energy, Floating Offshore Wind	Attraction, Avoidance, Changes in Flow, Collision, Displacement, EMF, Habitat Change, Noise	Ecosystem Processes, Fish, Demersal Fish, Pelagic Fish, Invertebrates, Marine Mammals, Cetaceans, Human Dimensions, Environmental Impact Assessment, Fisheries, Legal & Policy, Marine Spatial Planning