Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
Medium Impact
Significant progress or notable issue
All 25 Siemens SWT-3.6-107 turbines (90 MW total) at Rhyl Flats were installed by mid-2009, with first power achieved on 15 July 2009 and full commercial operations from 2 December 2009. Turbine erection by Siemens AG ran through Phase 2 of construction from autumn 2008 into spring 2009, following completion of monopile foundations (Apr–Jul 2008) and concurrent with array/export cable installation. Year precision retained as the exact final-turbine completion month is not pinned in publicly available sources; the sequence implies completion by Q2 2009 since first power requires energised turbines connected to the grid.