Taking almost one year for completion, London Array Offshore wind farm saw its 175th and last turbine installed for the first phase. Currently, 55 turbines are connected and supplying power to the national grid with the wind farm expected to be fully operational by H2 2013.
This year alone 84 foundations, 175 wind turbines, 178 array cables and three export cables have been installed at the project. London Array is now focusing on the commissioning and testing of the remaining turbines before the project is handed over to the Operations and Maintenance team in 2013.
The project consortium partners have the following shareholdings: DONG Energy owns 50%, E.ON has 30%, and Masdar has a 20% stake.
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