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World's largest offshore wind farm is getting its first turbines
By: Michelle Lewis | Aug 3 2023 - 9:27 am PT
Full article: https://electrek.co/2023/08/03/worlds-largest-offshore-wind-farm-first-massive-turbines/
The 277 GE Renewable Energy 13 MW Haliade-X turbines will be installed around 80 miles off the Yorkshire coast by the Voltaire (pictured above), the largest offshore jack-up installation vessel ever built. The ultralow emission ship has a lifting capacity of 3,200 tonnes.
The Haliade-X turbines are 260 meters (853 feet) tall. To put that into perspective, each is as tall as the Rockefeller Center in New York. Each turn of their 107-meter-long (351-foot-long) blades will produce enough clean energy to power an average UK household for two days.
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Once it’s online, the 3.6 gigawatts (GW) offshore wind farm will be capable of producing enough clean energy to power the equivalent of 6 million households annually. It will generate annual CO2 savings equivalent to the emissions of nearly 1.5 million average gas-powered cars.
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The Haliade-X turbines are 260 meters (853 feet) tall. To put that into perspective, each is as tall as the Rockefeller Center in New York. Each turn of their 107-meter-long (351-foot-long) blades will produce enough clean energy to power an average UK household for two days.
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Once it’s online, the 3.6 gigawatts (GW) offshore wind farm will be capable of producing enough clean energy to power the equivalent of 6 million households annually. It will generate annual CO2 savings equivalent to the emissions of nearly 1.5 million average gas-powered cars.
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More about the world's largest offshore windfarm: https://doggerbank.com/
