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Wind turbines
belonging to the
Thorntonbank Wind Farm
located in the
North Sea
, 28 km (17 mi) off the coast of
Belgium
.
Electricity generation
started in early 2009, with an initial capacity of 30
MW
, and that number is expected to rise to 300 MW by 2015. A 37 km (23 mi) 150
kV
undersea cable connects the
wind farm
to the shore.
Photo credit:
Hans Hillewaert
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