By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 5 -- London Array Ltd.—a consortium owned in equal part by Powergen Renewables, Shell WindEnergy Ltd., and CORE Ltd.—plans to construct a 1,000 Mw wind farm in the outer Thames Estuary 20 km off Essex and Kent.
The wind farm would provide as much as a quarter of London's electric power requirements and eliminate1.3 million tonnes/year of greenhouse gas emissions currently produced by conventional means, London Array said.
The consortium will conduct technical and environmental feasibility studies in 2004 and gather public input.
About 300 turbines are to be installed in four phases, with the first—300 Mw—to be commissioned in 2007. Additional, smaller numbers would be commissioned in 2008, 2009, and 2010.
In addition to the license already granted by the Crown Estate, which oversees activities in UK territorial waters, the consortium will need permits from the Department of Trade and Industry, the Department for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, and the Department for Transport.
