The London Array, which will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm once completed, has now begun generating electricity. The companies behind the project announced the beginning of electricity production on Monday. Once completed, the first phase will see around 175 wind turbines installed about 12 miles off the … [continued]
The 240MW expansion of the London Array offshore wind farm is now one step closer to reality. The developers just submitted the application to start building the second phase of the project. Once completed, the extension will increase the wind farm’s overall capacity to 870 MW. When the initial … [continued]
What will likely become the world’s largest wind farm now has its first two turbines up. In total, 175 of the Siemens offshore wind turbines totaling 630 MW are to be installed by the end of 2012. That’s phase 1. After phase 2 is complete, the total power capacity of the wind farm will be 1,000 MW (or 1 GW). Can you guess where this giant project is?
The London Array, the world’s largest wind farm now being installed in the Thames Estuary, is taking another major step closer to completion. The project has just signed a 100 million euro contract with global cable leader Nexans to supply the high voltage undersea power cables that will transmit power … [continued]
