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General Information Name Galloper Wind Farm Other names Country name United Kingdom Region England, East of England Comments Part of the Round 1 and 2 extensions with an extra 1.7 GW supplied. Two 3.6MW turbines are under consideration with 107 and 120m rotor diameter, although a turbine up to 7MW could be used. Up to 3 met masts. Round (or category) Round 2.5 Development status Consent Application Submitted Comments on the status Subject to full planning consents including Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA). Power & Turbines Notice any Errors? You can keep this an open resource by submitting corrections! Project Capacity 504 MW Turbine Model Not Decided Turbine Capacity 3.6 MW - 7 MW Number of Turbines 72 - 140 Total Turbine Height Hub Height Rotor Diameter 120 m Foundation Not Decided Download Database for Excel Windspeed 10 Year Mean Wind Speed (2000-2009) Available online now Detailed wind speed data 6 hr/day/month historic data Costs Stated Project Cost Location & Environment Sea name North Sea, Southern North Sea (Thames) Centre latitude 51.875° Centre longitude 2.039° Area 175 km2 Depth range (Chart Datum) 4 m - 50 m Depth range stated by developer 20 m - 60 m Distance From Shore (reported) Distance From Shore (computed from centre) 38.6 km Ports Installation base Ops and maintenance Lowestoft Grid Converter platforms None Offshore transformers 2 Grid connection point Sizewell Cable landing point Sizewell Export Cables Please note that export cables connect the offshore transformer (substation) to either; shore or an offshore HVAC-HVDC converter station for onward transmission via HVDC cabling. Please see the converters page for planned converter stations and transmission cables. The export cable length does not generally include the onshore component. The exception is when the onshore substation is close to shore. Number of Export Cables 3 Average length per cable Transmission type (e.g. HVAC) HVAC Nominal voltage 132 kV Maximum voltage Power rating Number of cores Conductor type Section Insulation Number fibre optics Minimum bend radius (MBR) Burial depth Comments Onshore Cables (new) Number of onshore cables 9 Average length per cable 0.9 km Comments 132kV - 1.5m burial Array Cables Array cable length Estimated cable length In purchased database Transmission type (e.g. MVAC) Nominal voltage Maximum voltage Burial depth Number of cores Conductor type Section Insulation Power rating Number of fibre optics Minimum bend radius (MBR) Comments Benefits Homes powered annually 281811 CO2 reduced per year 569540 tonnes SO2 reduced per year 13245 tonnes Expected life Other Website Visit

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	Added: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:10:00 GMT
	we as fishermen working in the galloper wind farm area are concerned that we are not being listened to with in the planning process it will make it impossible to fish when the area is full of turbines
	steve wightman

	Added: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:59:00 GMT
	Mabel Alice is performing Bird and Mammal Surveys on Galloper today,
	Andy Iannetta