Clogherhead Offshore Wind Farm
Located approximately 10 km off County Louth coast in Irish Sea. Part of Parkwind/ESB partnership that also includes Oriel Wind Farm. Announced January 2019.
Status
On Holdlifecycle stage
FragileHafrok completion outlook
Location
IrelandIrish Sea
Technology
Capacity
500 MW ◇
Turbines
—
Foundation
—
Site & conditions
Site rights
No site right ◆
Water depth
23–39 m ≈
Distance from shore
10 km ◇
Wind speed
9.9 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Other ◇
Grid
No agreement ◇
Connection
No grid connection secured. Dependent on DMAP designation. ◇
Schedule
FID
Not taken
COD · Hafrok
—
Delivery outlook modelled by Hafrok · calibrated on delivered projects
—
on hold — no credible date; the chart shows when a restarted project might complete
Chance of delivery
≈13%
estimated chance this project reaches commercial operation
Projects put on hold complete ≈15% of the time on Hafrok's record. This one sits below that: a market with a thinner delivery record, its size, technical complexity and no offtake contract yet. Only a restart would change that — there is no dated schedule to judge against.
COD outlook
If it completes, when — Hafrok’s probability by year (teal)
| Year | Probability |
|---|---|
| 2030 | 20.0% |
| 2031 | 20.0% |
| 2032 | 20.0% |
| 2033 | 20.0% |
| 2034 | 20.0% |
How Hafrok got this date
1
On hold — no dated schedule
The project is recorded as On Hold, so no sequence of milestones can be trusted. Hafrok publishes no expected year; the chart instead spreads the remaining chance of completion over the years a restarted project might finish in.
2
Chance of delivery — separate from timing
Start from the share of On Hold projects that went on to complete — ≈15%, measured on Hafrok's record of delivered and abandoned projects, with an allowance held back where that record cannot yet speak (projects still unresolved, changed market conditions). Historically only a minority of projects put on hold returned to delivery — the estimate reflects that. Then adjust for this project's own evidence — offtake, market, size, technical complexity — to ≈13%, which rates it
Fragile on Hafrok's four-step delivery scale (Delivering · Expected · Prospective · Fragile).Revenue & offtake route to market — open
No offtake secured — route to market open
None — awaiting DMAP designation and future ORESS round ◇
The routes describe what exists in this market — not a prediction of which the project will take. Timing math for the auction gate lives in the delivery outlook above.
Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Installation not started
nothing to count yet: the satellite tracker begins when offshore construction does
Installation · on record
StageOn Hold
Offshore constructionnot started
Expected start of operationnot stated
Sources & verification
2/14 fields verified · rests on 8 sources (5 primary) · ◆ 4 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Operator4
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ESB (Electricity Supply Board)2019-01-22
“Parkwind and ESB have agreed to develop two offshore wind farms at Oriel and Clogherhead... ESB holds foreshore licence for site investigations at Clogherhead, with Parkwind to acquire up to 35% in th…”
supportsBackground
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Clogherhead Offshore Wind Farm (ESB / Parkwind)2024
“ESB and Parkwind are collaborating on the Clogherhead Offshore Wind Farm, approximately 10km off the County Louth coast.”
supportsDistance from shoreCoordinates
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Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA)2026-09-02◆ Maritime Area Consents - applications an…
“2022-MAC-001 Oriel Windfarm Limited Louth Permitted Maritime Usage - Offshore Windfarm [...] 2022-MAC-002 [...] 2022-MAC-003/004 [...] 2022-MAC-005 [...] 2022-MAC-006 [...] 2022-MAC-007 [...] MAC24005…”
supportsSite rights
Auction pipeline1
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Government of Ireland (gov.ie)2024-05◆ govie-future-framework
Future Framework — plan-led DMAP auctions; South Coast DMAP sites beyond Tonn Nua to be brought to market.
supportsSouth Coast DMAP Area B (Lí Ban)
Trade press3
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