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Sailing Amid Offshore Wind Farms
Tom Cunliffe reports from the UK on what itâs like sailing amid offshore wind farms
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Feb 23, 2021
Wind farms are a fact of life off the coast of Northern Europe, and more are on the way along North America’s Eastern Seaboard
Here in Europe, the general feeling about green energy from offshore wind turbines has moved on after an initial surge of general skepticism. Concerns raised over cost, threats to seabirds, wind interference and the rest have to some extent been answered, and it’s hard to argue with the bottom line. Take the London Array as an example. This, the world’s largest offshore wind farm of 175 turbines, spreads its wings far out to sea off the Thames estuary. Its average delivery is around 1 gigawatt per day, and in a good breeze it can shove out 1.5 gigawatts, powering half a million homes across southeast England. In its first winter, it saved the equivalent of 1.3 million tons of CO