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The Arklow Bank Wind Park is the first offshore wind farm in Ireland and the world’s first commercial application of offshore wind turbines over 3 megawatts in size. It is located on the Arklow Bank a shallow water sandbank in the Irish Sea around 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) off the coast of Arklow with an area of 27 by 2.5 kilometres (16.8 by 1.6 mi).The project is being co-developed by Airtricity and GE Energy. In 2002 Airtricity obtained an offshore lease for a 520 MW offshore wind farm.
