The worlds largest wind farm, or so the developers hope of this gigantic wind farm proposal in the UK call The Array.

London Array, a proposed offshore wind farm, applied for its various planning consents and licences in June 2005. This followed the completion of extensive environmental studies which began as far back as 2001. The wind farm would be built more than 20km (12 miles) off the Kent and Essex coasts, in the outer Thames Estuary. A map of the location is available for download.

Key elements of the London Array project are:
• Up to 271 turbines, installed over a four year period
• Associated offshore and onshore substations
• Cabling (between turbines and to shore)

The wind farm would be constructed in phases, and when fully complete would generate up to 1,000 MW of electricity. This is enough to meet the electricity needs of 750,000 homes - around a quarter of Greater London or all of the homes in Kent and East Sussex.

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