Blackstone Wind Farm
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The Blackstone Wind Farm is an approved offshore wind power project in the Black Sea
area of Romania
. It will have 100 individual wind turbine
s with a nominal output of around 5 MW each which will deliver up to 500 MW of power, enough to power over 334,821 homes, with a capital investment required of approximately US$ 1.4 billion.
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
area of Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It will have 100 individual wind turbine
Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...
s with a nominal output of around 5 MW each which will deliver up to 500 MW of power, enough to power over 334,821 homes, with a capital investment required of approximately US$ 1.4 billion.