First Power at Humber Gateway, Community Fund Introduced

E.ON has launched a £2 million fund for its Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm, which is set to benefit local communities in the East Riding of Yorkshire and Grimsby.

E.ON establishes community benefit funds to help the communities in which it operates and works closely with local councils to discuss possible projects to support through its funding.

Last week, the wind farm generated electricity for the first time and is on schedule to be fully operational by mid-summer, when it will produce enough renewable energy to power up to 170,000 homes.

Matthew Swanwick, Project Manager for the Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm, said: “All of the 73 foundations are now in place and we’ve installed 58 of the 85 metre turbines. The cable installations have also been completed which will transport the energy generated from each of the 3MW turbines, to the local grid connection in Salt End.

“It takes an enormous amount of work to erect these large structures and we’ve had to battle a few spells of bad weather, so we’re really happy with our progress to date. The turbine installation programme will continue over the next few months, marking the last construction phase of the project.”

The Humber Gateway Wind Farm is located 8km off the Holderness coast, East Riding of Yorkshire, and will have an installed capacity of up to 219MW.

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