Offshore wind farm to power one in four homes
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One in four of London homes could get their electricity from the wind if the world’s largest offshore wind farm project gets the go ahead.
A planning application for the 270-turbine London Array project has been submitted by a consortium of E.ON UK Renewables, Shell Wind-Energy and CORE, a joint venture between Farm Energy and the Danish generator Energi E2.
If successful, the wind farm would generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 750,000 homes, equivalent to a quarter of the homes in London or all the households in Kent and East Sussex. It would represent a 10th of the energy the UK government hopes will come from renewable sources by 2010.
The UK government is struggling with targets on lowering emissions of carbon dioxide. Although the UK is on track to meet its targets under the UN-brokered Kyoto protocol on climate change, increases in emissions from coal-fired power stations mean it is likely to fall short of higher self-imposed reduction targets, set by Prime Minister Tony Blair as part of an attempt to be seen as a leader on climate change.
Shells expects planning permission to take between a year and 18 months. The wind farm, which would cost £1.5 billion, could be completed by 2011. The turbines would be built more than 20 kilometres offshore in the Thames estuary.
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