The Dublin Array is an offshore wind farm project that is being developed by Saorgus Energy. It is located on the Kish and Bray Banks in the Irish Sea approximately 10 km to the east of the coasts of Dublin and Wicklow. The wind farm will consist of 145 turbines arranged in rows four to five deep that run north-south along the banks. This project has a capacity potential of 520 MW, enough to supply in excess of 400,000 homes with clean, green electricity.



The wind farm will be connected to the onshore electricity grid by cables that will run from the wind farm to one or more grid landfall points in south Dublin / north Wicklow.

The Dublin Array has secured 364 MW firm connection capacity from Eirgrid under Gate 3 of the group processing scheme which is administered by the Commission for Energy Regulation to achieve Ireland’s 2020 renewable targets. This will allow 364 MW of power to be exported to the national grid from the project in the near future. The offer for connection of this capacity will issue in April 2011.

Wind monitoring has been undertaken on the Kish Lighthouse for a number of years and wind resource assessment has been completed.

Two foreshore lease applications have been lodged with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for permission to construct the Dublin Array and these applications are currently being considered by the Department.

Geotechnical investigations, including seismic and bathymetric surveys, and borehole drilling have also been completed on the banks. Construction is scheduled to commence in 2013.


A jack-up rig carrying out geotechnical investigations on the Kish Bank.

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