UK OFFSHORE WIND SETTING RECORDS

Windy winter delivers power record for world's largest offshore wind farm; London Array produces 1.5TWh in the six months to April 2014, new figures confirm

Jessica Shankleman, 8 April 2014 (BusinessGreen)

"High winds and stormy weather over the winter months helped the London Array, located off the Kent coast, power around 325,000 homes…London Array, a consortium between E.ON, Dong Energy and Masdar, yesterday confirmed that in the six months to the end of March 2014, the turbines produced 1.5TWh of electricity…[T]he 175 turbines recorded an availability of just over 96 per cent, and coupled with the ‘near perfect’ wind conditions in December and January the windfarm delivered a capacity factor of 56 per cent…London Array's good performance is in line with a record-breaking winter experienced by the UK wind industry as a whole…[R]enewables generated around 18 per cent of total UK electricity during the three-month period…” click here for more

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