Thanet Offshore Wind Farm

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Thanet Offshore Wind Farm is a large offshore wind power facility located off the coast of Kent, England, known for being one of the earliest and once the largest operational offshore wind farms in the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf offshore wind farm ⓘ
averageHouseholdsPoweredEstimate over 200000 households ⓘ
commissioned 2010 ⓘ
connectedTo National Grid ⓘ
surface form: National Grid (Great Britain)
constructionBegan 2008 ⓘ
constructionContractor Babcock & Brown (initial developer, later Vattenfall) ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
distanceFromShore approximately 11 km ⓘ
electricalCapacity 300 MW ⓘ
exportCableLandfall Pegwell Bay area ⓘ
foundationType monopile foundations ⓘ
fuelType renewable ⓘ
gridConnectionAgreementWith National Grid ⓘ
surface form: National Grid Electricity Transmission
gridConnectionPoint Richborough ⓘ
gridVoltageLevel 132 kV ⓘ
hasExportCables 2 subsea export cables ⓘ
hasPlannedExpansion Thanet Offshore Wind Farm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thanet Extension Offshore Wind Farm
isPartOf UK Round 2 offshore wind projects ⓘ
locatedIn North Sea ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Thames Estuary ⓘ
surface form: Thames Estuary region
locatedOffCoastOf England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
nearbyTown Ramsgate ⓘ
Thanet ⓘ
notableFor being one of the earliest large-scale offshore wind farms ⓘ
being the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm at its opening in 2010 ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 100 ⓘ
officialOpeningDate 2010-09-23 ⓘ
openedBy Chris Huhne ⓘ
operator Vattenfall ⓘ
ownedBy Vattenfall ⓘ
planningConsentGranted 2007 ⓘ
precededByAsLargestOffshoreWindFarm Horns Rev 2 ⓘ
primaryEnergySource wind ⓘ
projectDeveloper Vattenfall ⓘ
projectPhase Thanet Phase 1 ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
sector renewable energy ⓘ
siteArea approximately 35 km² ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
substationLocation onshore at Richborough ⓘ
succeededByAsLargestOffshoreWindFarm Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm ⓘ
turbineManufacturer Vestas Wind Systems ⓘ
surface form: Vestas
turbineModel Vestas V90-3.0 MW ⓘ
wasWorldsLargestOffshoreWindFarmAtCommissioning true ⓘ
waterDepthRange 20–25 m ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thames Estuary → hasOffshoreWindFarm → Thanet Offshore Wind Farm ⓘ
London Array → locatedNear → Thanet Offshore Wind Farm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanet Wind Farm
Thanet Offshore Wind Farm → hasPlannedExpansion → Thanet Offshore Wind Farm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanet Extension Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall → notableProject → Thanet Offshore Wind Farm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanet Offshore Wind Farm (stake)