World’s Largest Wind Farm Gets Green Light

The UK government has just given the go ahead to two large offshore wind-farm projects. Between them the schemes would produce enough renewable electricity to power about one million households. The larger London Array project covers 232km² between Margate in Kent and Clacton, Essex and will be the world’s biggest when it is completed. The £1.5bn scheme will have 341 turbines rising from the sea about 20km off the Kent and Essex coasts, as well as five offshore substations and four meteorological masts