Friday 18 June 2010

Wind farm scuppers plans for island airport


The London Daily News reported earlier this week how a plan to build six runways on a small island in the estuary off the coast of Kent may have received it's final blow after funding was secured for a 1GW offshore wind farm.

The London Array could be the world's largest wind power generator producing 1GW of energy - enough to power nearly a million homes.

The first phase of the development is due to be operational by 2012, providing a capacity of 630MW which amongst other things will be used to provide power for the Olympics.

You can read the excellent and enlightening article in full on the London Daily News website - click here.

photo credit: sawyerlaw

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