Portland Port and Source Galileo, a Norwegian renewable energy firm, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the development of the PortWind wind farm. The project, located 22 km off the Devon and Dorset coast, could potentially generate enough electricity to power over three million homes with 132 turbines. Construction and operational headquarters, along with support accommodation, are planned to be based at Portland Port.
Portland Port and a renewable energy firm have agreed to work together on plans to build a wind farm off the Devon and Dorset coast.
It could see 132 turbines erected about 22 km off the coast connected to the grid through a substation at Chickerell near Weymouth, Dorset.
WIND ENERGY OFFSHORE WIND FARM RENEWABLE ENERGY PORTLAND PORT DEVON AND DORSET
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