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The Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm is a
Construction was completed in August 2005, with commissioning and testing of all turbines completed by September 2005. The wind farm consists of 30 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines with a total
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LORC Knowledge - Datasheet for Kentish Flats
Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall
Kentish Flats Extension
Vattenfall
Operational Energy Projects
The Crown Estates {{South East powerstations Offshore wind farms in the North Sea Wind farms in England Buildings and structures in Kent Power stations in South East England Vattenfall wind farms Round 1 offshore wind farms 2005 establishments in England Energy infrastructure completed in 2005
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turb ...
located off the coast of Kent
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, England
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on a large, flat and shallow plateau just outside the main Thames
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shipping lanes. The wind farm is operated by Vattenfall
Vattenfall is a Swedish multinational power company owned by the Swedish State. Beyond Sweden, the company generates power in Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
The company's name is Swedish for "waterfall", an ...
.
Location
The distance from the nearestwind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. ...
to Whitstable
Whitstable () is a town on the north coast of Kent adjoining the convergence of the Swale Estuary and the Greater Thames Estuary in southeastern England, north of Canterbury and west of Herne Bay. The 2011 Census reported a population of ...
is . The nearest turbine is away from Herne Bay.
Installation
Construction was completed in August 2005, with commissioning and testing of all turbines completed by September 2005. The wind farm consists of 30 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines with a total nameplate capacity
Nameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity, or maximum effect, is the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power station,
of 90 MW. Turbines were installed by the Danish offshore wind farms services provider A2SEA
A2SEA was an offshore wind farm installation and services company based in Fredericia, Denmark. The company specializes in transport, installation, and servicing of offshore wind farms.
In addition to Denmark, the company has subsidiaries in th ...
.
Between 2007 and 2010, the capacity factor
The net capacity factor is the unitless ratio of actual electrical energy output over a given period of time to the theoretical maximum electrical energy output over that period. The theoretical maximum energy output of a given installation is def ...
was around 30%.Dunford et alUK Renewable Energy Data, Issue 10
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'', 29 July 2010. Accessed: 30 September 2011. Its levelised cost has been estimated at £66/MWh.
Power is transmitted to shore via three export cables.
Kentish Flats extension
In February 2013 Vattenfall was granted consent to extend the existing Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm. 15 turbines each with a capacity of 3.3 MW were installed adding an extra 49.5 MW to the wind farm. Offshore construction began in October 2014 and was operational by December 2015.See also
* Wind power in the United Kingdom * List of offshore wind farms * List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom * List of offshore wind farms in the North SeaReferences
External links
LORC Knowledge - Datasheet for Kentish Flats
Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall
Kentish Flats Extension
Vattenfall
Operational Energy Projects
The Crown Estates {{South East powerstations Offshore wind farms in the North Sea Wind farms in England Buildings and structures in Kent Power stations in South East England Vattenfall wind farms Round 1 offshore wind farms 2005 establishments in England Energy infrastructure completed in 2005