Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Photo:Jeff Gilbert
The world needs more energy, and in future ever more of its energy supply will need to be obtained from renewable resources such as hydropower, waves and wind. With around 40% of the EU’s entire wind resources available in British waters, it makes sense to harness the wind. The 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, located between 17 and 23km off the coast of North Norfolk in the UK, will comprise 88 wind turbines and generate around per annum. This is enough clean energy to power almost 220,000 British homes. Compared to fossil fuels that is a reduction of 500,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions every year. The project is now in its construction phase and will be fully-operational by early 2012.
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Location: Sheringham Shoal, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Jeff Gilbert / Alamy / Afripics
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