The wind farm, located 12km off the Kent coast, is made up of 100 Vestas 3MW, V90 wind turbines and will have a total capacity of 300MW when fully operational. It will be located in water depths of 20mt-25mt and cover an area of 35sqkm.
Each turbine will be upto 115mt tall at its highest point, with a minimum clearance above sea level of 22mt. The distance between turbines will be approximately 500mt along rows and 800mt between rows.
David Hodkinson, director and head of development at Vattenfall Wind Power In UK, said: “The experience Vattenfall has gained on Thanet is contributing to our drive to make our future offshore wind projects safer and more cost effective to install and operate, both of which are needed to establish the sector as a major source of low carbon electricity and jobs.”
Vattenfall claims that the connection of Thanet’s 300MW of capacity will boost UK offshore wind capacity by more than 30% and will produce on average enough electricity to supply more than 200,000 homes with clean electricity.
