London Array Offshore Wind Farm: The largest offshore wind farm in the world

Masdar Power, one of the five integrated units of Masdar, and partner in London Array, along with DONG Energy and E.ON, today announced that the 630MW first phase of London Array - which will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world - is due for completion by the end of 2012.

On-site work is progressing in the Thames Estuary, where 22 of the planned 177 monopile foundations (175 wind turbines and two offshore substations) have been installed to date. Developed by DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar Power, the project will result in CO2 savings of 925,000 tonnes a year. Located around 20km from the Kent and Essex coasts, London Array will cover an area of 100 square km in Phase I on the Thames Estuary, and will be connected by undersea cables to a new onshore substation currently being built at Cleve Hill on the North Kent coast. Go Green