The largest offshore wind power plant in Britain sails

On September 23, the largest offshore wind power plant in the world was formally launched in the offshore of Kent, in the southeastern United Kingdom. One hundred white wind turbines stand on the blue surface of the sea, presenting a natural beauty and technology civilization. Picture scroll.

The entire wind power plant has invested up to 780 million pounds. It can generate a maximum of 300 megawatts of electricity, enough for more than 200,000 households. The completion of this project will increase the annual wind power generation capacity in the UK to 5,000 megawatts.

Site selection to avoid environmental assessment of rare biological habitats Comprehensive considerations in several areas such as archaeology, birds, fish, marine life, tourism, and navigation. During the site selection process, there is an area that is a habitat for rare marine organisms, such as the spiny caterpillars, which is listed in the EU's List of Protected Animal Habitats. After research, the multiple positions where the wind turbines were placed were rearranged.

The proposal to establish a offshore wind power plant in the offshore area of ​​Kent was born in 2005. Since then, the British Ministry of Environment began to examine the possible damage to the coastal and local residents’ living environment caused by the entire project, and commissioned a specialized agency to synthesize the entire project. Environmental assessment.

There is a substation in the submarine cable transmission power plant, and two huge submarine cables are connected to the land-based Richter Bay substation in Kent through this substation.

A 25-meter-deep sea area is built over the entire wind power plant built at a depth of 20 to 25 meters offshore. The nearest to Kent is 11 km away.