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A mast to measure wind speeds will be installed on the Angle Peninsula next month as part of a project to develop wind energy in the Celtic Sea A WEATHER mast providing information on wind speeds to better inform renewable energy projects based in the Celtic Deep will be erected on the Angle Peninsula this month. The met mast, due to be deployed in early March, will be sighted on the old airfield, half a kilometre inland of East Pickard Bay, for a duration of 15 months. The mast is being installed by Blue Gem Wind; a joint venture between Total, one of the world's largest energy compani...

Blue Gem Wind has received planning consent to install a met mast on the Angle Peninsula in Wales to gather wind resource data for floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea. The met mast, due to be deployed in early March, will be sited on the old airfield, 0.5 km inland of East Pickard Bay, in Pembrokeshire, for a duration of 15 months. Stakeholder manager David Jones said: “The met mast will provide wind speed and other weather-related data so we can better understand the wind resource of the Celtic Sea. “This important data will enable us to optimise the design of potential offshore flo...