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Location : Thames Estuary , UK

MW Capacity : 630 The London Array is currently the largest offshore windfarm . It has an area of approximately 100km ² and this includes approximately 450km of cabling . The site was developed by Masdar , EON and DONG Energy and it cuts 900,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year at its current capacity . Phase one includes 175 turbines , an onshore substation and two offshore substations with the first turbine having been installed in January 2012 . The last turbine was in place within 12 months and was officially inaugurated in July 2013 .

26 April 2017