Thanet Wind Farm

Thanet Offshore Wind Farm
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Country
  • United Kingdom
LocationOffshore of Thanet district, Kent
Coordinates51°25′50″N 1°37′59″E / 51.4306°N 1.6331°E / 51.4306; 1.6331
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 23 September 2010
Wind farm
Type
Max. water depth14–23 m (46–75 ft)
Distance from shore12 km (7.5 mi)
Rotor diameter
  • 90 m (300 ft)
Rated wind speed
  • 15 m/s (49 ft/s)
Power generation
Units operational100 × 3 MW
Make and modelVestas V90/3000 (100)
Nameplate capacity
  • 300 MW
Capacity factor31.3%[1]
Annual net output821.68 GW·h (2012)
External links
Websitepowerplants.vattenfall.com/thanet/
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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Wind farm layout

The Thanet Wind Farm (also sometimes called Thanet Offshore Wind Farm)[2] is an offshore wind farm 7 miles (11 km) off the coast of Thanet district in Kent, England. On commissioning it was the world's largest offshore wind farm. It has a nameplate capacity (maximum output) of 300 MW and it cost £780[3]–900 million[4] (US$1.2–1.4 billion). Thanet is one of fifteen Round 2 wind projects announced by the Crown Estate in January 2004 but the first to be developed. It was officially opened on 23 September 2010,[5][6] when it overtook Horns Rev 2 as the biggest offshore wind farm in the world. It has since been overtaken by many others (medio 2017 it ranks 14th).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference lorc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Thanet Offshore Wind Project, at Warwick Energy website. Access 14 February 2012". Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
  3. ^ O'Toole, Sarah. World’s biggest offshore wind farm opens today Archived 28 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine Global Energy Magazine, 23 September 2010. Retrieved: 29 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Thanet Offshore Wind Farm". 4C Offshore. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  5. ^ MacAlister, Terry (23 September 2010). "British firms miss out as world's biggest offshore windfarm opens off UK coast". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  6. ^ Shankleman, Jessica. UK cuts ribbon on world's largest offshore wind farm BusinessGreen, 23 September 2010. Retrieved: 23 September 2010.