If built, Awel y Môr would be capable of producing enough electricity to meet the consumption of half a million homes, according to information on the project website.
The offshore wind farm, being developed by RWE (60 per cent), Stadtwerke München (30 per cent) and Siemens Financial Services (10 per cent), is an extension to the existing 576 MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm which is providing around 400,000 average UK households with clean electricity each year.
Awel y Môr is one of the seven extension projects to be awarded a seabed lease agreement by The Crown Estate 2020 and among the four that are developed by RWE with its partners.
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If granted a DCO, the new offshore wind farm would be built approximately 10.5 kilometres to the west of Gwynt y Môr wind farm, with its grid connection planned to reach the shoreline between Rhyl and Prestatyn.