Worlds largest offshore wind farm gets green light

Plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm will go ahead, the developers announced today. Comprising of about 90 square miles, the £2 billion farm will be built 12 miles off the coasts of Kent and Essex to the east of London in the Thames Estuary and will involve 341 turbines.

Enery company E.ON said the first phase of the London Array project will start later this year and it could be generating power in time for the 2012 Olympics.

E.ON chief executive Dr Wulf Bernotat said: 'I'm delighted that work can now get under way on the world's largest offshore wind farm...The start of London Array will mark a key milestone in our road map as we continue with our ambitious strategy to take renewables to an industrial level...With this pioneering scheme, we see a significant increase in scale for offshore wind and also for E.ON as we aim to become the world's largest offshore wind farm developer."