17 may
As soon as the station starts operating at full capacity, it will be able to provide electricity to a fifth of households across the UK, the website reports href="https://nangs.org/news/renewables/wind/nachalos-stroitelstvo-krupnejshej-stantsii-morskogo-vetra-na-3-6-gvt " title="nangs.org " target="_self">nangs.org with reference to the publication "Electrek".
In the North Sea, near the coast of Yorkshire, a fleet of wind turbines will appear, generating a total of 3.6 GW of energy. The Dogger Bank Wind Farm project, a joint venture between Norway, Britain and Italy, will be put into operation in 2026. This is not only the largest offshore wind farm, but also the first in the UK connected by a high-voltage DC line. The construction of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm station, located on a sandbank in the North Sea off the east coast of England, is divided into three phases, 1.2 GW each. After the completion of the work, it will become the largest in the world. The project became possible thanks to the cooperation of the Norwegian energy giant Equinor, the British energy company SEE Renewables and the Italian Eni Plenitude, writes Electrek.
The director of Dogger Bank Wind Farm announced the start of construction in a press release. The first foundation for wind turbines and the first turbines will be installed in 2023. Completion of the construction of all three stages is scheduled for 2026. Once the station is fully operational, it will be able to provide electricity to 6 million UK households, that is, about a fifth. The cable for the high-voltage line will be supplied and laid by the Danish company "NKT". The turbines of the Halide-X model with a capacity of 14 MW will be manufactured by GE Renewable Energy. One such turbine generates up to 74 kWh of electricity per year, reducing carbon dioxide consumption by 52,000 tons. In early December 2021, the companies "SEE" and "Equinor" reported that the project had attracted financing – $3.98 billion – for the construction of the third stage of the station.
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