Lincs Wind Farm
Encyclopedia
The Lincs Wind Farm is a wind farm
currently under construction 8 kilometres (5 mi) off Skegness
on the east coast of England
. Construction of the 270 megawatt (MW) project began in 2010 using 75 3.6 MW Siemens Wind Power wind turbine
s. The project, due to be operational in 2012, will cost £725 million ($1.2 billion) and will be able to supply 200,000 customers. Construction began in March 2011.
. DONG Energy
and Siemens Project Ventures
will pay 50% of the project's development costs.
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
currently under construction 8 kilometres (5 mi) off Skegness
Skegness
Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....
on the east coast of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Construction of the 270 megawatt (MW) project began in 2010 using 75 3.6 MW 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. The project, due to be operational in 2012, will cost £725 million ($1.2 billion) and will be able to supply 200,000 customers. Construction began in March 2011.
Contractor
The Lincs Wind Farm will be developed by CentricaCentrica
Centrica plc is a multinational utility company, based in the United Kingdom but also with interests in North America. Centrica is the largest supplier of gas to domestic customers in the UK, and one of the largest suppliers of electricity, operating under the trading names "Scottish Gas" in...
. 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 Siemens Project Ventures
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
will pay 50% of the project's development costs.
See also
- List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom
- List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea
- List of offshore wind farms
- 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...