UK Offshore Wind Expansion Gains Approval

The British Government has built on the imperatives of Februarys Energy White Paper with the announcement last month of approval for plans to build 60 offshore wind turbines in the Thames Estuary and in the Irish Sea off Cumbria.

A visualisation of what the windfarm would look like as seen from near the clocktower at Herne Bay .This image was generated by taking a high-quality photograph of the coast and super-imposing 30 turbines of a similar scale as proposed for the project.

The British Government has built on the imperatives of Februarys Energy White Paper with the announcement last month of approval for plans to build 60 offshore wind turbines in the Thames Estuary and in the Irish Sea off Cumbria.