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UK opens world's largest offshore wind farm London Array in Kent
2013-07-05 01:00:00| Power Technology
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has inaugurated the world's largest offshore wind farm, London Array, located in the Thames Estuary, approximately 20km off the Kent and Essex coast.
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United Kingdom: World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Goes Live
2013-07-04 20:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: The London Array wind power project in the United Kingdom became the worlds largest offshore wind farm on Thursday. The fleet of 175 wind turbines stationed in the salty waters of the outer Thames estuary, where the river Thames empties into the North Sea, boasts a nameplate capacity of 630 megawatts, which is enough to power nearly half a million homes. Previously, the worlds largest offshore wind farm was the 500 MW Greater Gabbard wind power facility off the coast of East Anglia. The...
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China's largest algal bloom turns the Yellow Sea green
2013-07-04 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The largest algal bloom ever recorded in China has turned the Yellow Sea green and may be related to pollution from agriculture and industry. Officials in the city of Qingdao had used bulldozers to remove 7,335 tonnes of the growth from beaches according to the Xinhua news agency. The phenomenon has become an annual occurrence in the region over the past six summers. This year's incident has swathed 28 900 sq km (11 158 sq miles), twice as much as the previous biggest bloom in 2008. The...
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United Kingdom: World's largest offshore windfarm opens in Thames estuary
2013-07-04 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: With enough capacity to power two-thirds of the homes in Kent, the set of 175 turbines rising out of the Thames estuary officially became the largest offshore windfarm in the world on Thursday. David Cameron was on hand to cut the ribbon on the London Array, a massive renewable energy project, in a move that industry sources hoped would herald renewed enthusiasm from the government for renewable power after the animosity to windfarms on the Tory backbenches. "This is a great day for Britain...
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David Cameron opens world's largest offshore windfarm in the Thames estuary
2013-07-04 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Prime minister David Cameron speaks after cutting the ribbon on the London Array, the world's largest offshore wind farm, in a move that he hopes will underline the government's support for wind energy. The project consists of 175 turbines located in the Thames estuary. It has been fully operational since April
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