The Cirrus Energy Shell Flat Array offshore wind farm would have comprised 90 turbines and an installed capacity of up to 284MW Plans for a 280MW offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea have been abandoned because of concerns about aviation, after five years of planning and a change of location to accommodate nature campaigners.

It has emerged that developer Cirrus Energy has withdrawn its application for the Shell Flat offshore wind farm, also known as the Cirrus Array, after it failed to reach an agreement over objections from aviation company BAE Systems and the Ministry of Defence.

Both organisations had objected to the Shell Flat wind farm, to be located five kilometres west of Fleetwood, Lancashire, on the grounds that it would interfere with their radar systems, as well as cause a physical obstruction for low flying aircraft.

A spokeswoman for BAE told New Energy Focus today: "Both BAE... [continue via Web link]