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General Information Name Thanet Other names Country name United Kingdom Region England, South East Comments Round (or category) Round 2 Development status Fully Commissioned Comments on the status Power & Turbines Notice any Errors? You can keep this an open resource by submitting corrections! Project Capacity 300 MW Turbine Model V90-3.0 MW Offshore (Vestas) Turbine Capacity 3 MW Number of Turbines 100 Total Turbine Height 115 m Hub Height 70.00 m Rotor Diameter 90 m Foundation Grounded: Monopile 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 GBP(mill) 900.00 Location & Environment Sea name North Sea, Southern North Sea (Thames) Centre latitude 51.430° Centre longitude 1.633° Area 35 km2 Depth range (Chart Datum) 14 m - 23 m Depth range stated by developer Distance From Shore (reported) 12 km Distance From Shore (computed from centre) 17.7 km Ports Installation base Dunkirk Ops and maintenance Ramsgate/Harwich Grid Converter platforms None Offshore transformers Thanet Substation Grid connection point Richborough Cable landing point Pegwell Bay 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 2 Average length per cable 26.3 km Transmission type (e.g. HVAC) HVAC Nominal voltage 132 kV Maximum voltage Power rating Number of cores 3 Conductor type Cu Section 1000/630 mm2 Insulation XLPE Number fibre optics 48 Minimum bend radius (MBR) 3.3 m Burial depth 1 to 3 m Comments Onshore Cables (new) Number of onshore cables 6 Average length per cable 2.4 km Comments 132kV Al Array Cables Array cable length 75 km Estimated cable length In purchased database Transmission type (e.g. MVAC) MVAC Nominal voltage 33 kV Maximum voltage Burial depth Number of cores 3 Conductor type Cu Section 95/300/400 mm2 Insulation EPR Power rating Number of fibre optics 48 Minimum bend radius (MBR) Comments Benefits Homes powered annually 167745 CO2 reduced per year 339012 tonnes SO2 reduced per year 7884 tonnes Expected life 40.0 years Other Website Visit

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	Added: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:10:00 GMT
	one thing you over look when building wind farms is when turbines want replacing down the line it is very difficult to get replacment turbines out to sea. My company has developed a rubber road surface that is ideal for use in the sea and as it is constructed using recycled rubber and polymer geogrid the sea will not damage it enabling heavy plant to get the turbines out to sea also giving easy access to maintenance for more information please contact me thank you
	christopher felton