320MW
Installed capacity of our pathfinder project at Swansea Bay
>530GWh
Reliable net power output every year, for 120 years
155,000
Approximate number of Welsh homes the project could power in full each year
11%
Proportion of Welsh domestic electricity consumption the project could meet each year
£1.3 billion
Private capital investment through construction, half of which is targeted to be spent in Wales
100,000
Equivalent number of Olympic swimming pools that will pass through our turbines each day
100,000 tonnes
Estimated total of (majority UK) steel required for project construction and manufacturing
311
Number of UK industrial businesses to attend our four supply chain awareness workshops to date
959
Swansea Bay residents are members of Active Supporters Groups that promote the project
86%
Proportion of local stakeholders to declare support for the project during community consultation
9.5km
Length of the lagoon’s breakwater
11.5km²
Area of sea enclosed by the breakwater
>50%
Efficiency of lagoon as a proportion of the available potential energy of the tide (Emax)
236,000 tonnes
Carbon savings during each year of operation