Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm
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Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm 172MW wind farm 7 km off the Clacton-on-Sea
and Holland Essex
coast in the Northern Thames Estuary
, commissioned on 15 June 2010. It has 48 Siemens Wind Power wind turbine
s of 3.6 MW capacity each. Construction began in March 2008 and the first two turbines started generating electricity in August 2009. As of January 2010, 45 turbines are in place with 20 supplying electricity to the grid. On average, the complete wind farm is expected to supply enough power for approximately 120,000 homes. Revenue is around 0,16 € per kWh.
The project is being constructed by DONG Energy
and all 48 turbines are made by Siemens Wind Power. Construction was originally due to be completed in Autumn 2009, however the project overran, partly due to the cable installation contractor Oceanteam going into administration in May 2009.
Clacton-on-Sea
Clacton-on-Sea is the largest town on the Tendring peninsula, in Essex, England and was founded in 1871. It is a seaside resort that attracted many tourists in the summer months between the 1950s and 1970s, but which like many other British sea-side resorts went into decline as a holiday...
and Holland Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
coast in the Northern Thames Estuary
Thames Estuary
The Thames Mouth is the estuary in which the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea.It is not easy to define the limits of the estuary, although physically the head of Sea Reach, near Canvey Island on the Essex shore is probably the western boundary...
, commissioned on 15 June 2010. It has 48 Siemens Wind Power 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 of 3.6 MW capacity each. Construction began in March 2008 and the first two turbines started generating electricity in August 2009. As of January 2010, 45 turbines are in place with 20 supplying electricity to the grid. On average, the complete wind farm is expected to supply enough power for approximately 120,000 homes. Revenue is around 0,16 € per kWh.
The project is being constructed by DONG Energy
DONG Energy
-History:The Danish state company Dansk Naturgas A/S was founded in 1972 to manage resources in the Danish sector of the North Sea. After some years, the company was renamed to Dansk Olie og Naturgas A/S . At the beginning of 2000s, DONG started to extend itself into the electricity market by...
and all 48 turbines are made by Siemens Wind Power. Construction was originally due to be completed in Autumn 2009, however the project overran, partly due to the cable installation contractor Oceanteam going into administration in May 2009.
See also
- Wind power in the United KingdomWind power in the United KingdomBy mid-2011, the installed capacity of wind power in the United Kingdom was over 5.7 gigawatts and the UK is ranked as the world’s eighth largest producer of wind power. Wind power is expected to continue growing in the UK for the foreseeable future, RenewableUK estimates that more than...
- List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
- List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea
- List of offshore wind farms