TOP 10 OFFSHORE WIND FARMS

Location : UK MW Capacity : 504 Greater Gabbard is located 25 kilometres off the coast of Suffolk , in the North Sea . It comprises of 140 turbines which are all installed on steel monopoles dug 24 to 34 metres deep in the sea . The wind farm was originally launched as a joint venture by Airtricity and Flour but is jointly owned by Scottish and Southern Energy ( SSE ) and RWE npower .

Location : UK MW Capacity : 576 Gwynt y Môr is an offshore wind farm located 18 kilometres off the coast of North Wales . It has 160 Siemens SWT-3.6-107 turbines that are all 150 metres above sea level . Construction of the wind farm began in 2012 , power production started in September 2013 and final commissioning occurred in June 2015 . The project has a value of 2 billion Euros ; 1.2 billion Euros were spent on turbines and electrical connections . 50 percent of the wind farm is owned by RWE Power , 30 percent by Stadtwerke München , 10 percent UK Green Investment Bank and 10 percent by Siemens .

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