How offshore wind measures up
1st wind farm
50m from shore
Dogger Bank
250,000m
Bigger wind farms offshore
of UK
times in its lifetime
100,000,000
electricity
Blades rotate
to capture
in February was
from wind
from shore
maximum
wind energy
300
1 turbine saves
250,000 tonnes
1st UK wind farm 4MW (Blyth).
Biggest UK wind farm, 2013: 630MW
(London Array)
11%
On average a blade turns
construction
jobs to build
Siemens facility
of CO2 in its lifetime
As long as
Research shows
10
fish stocks increase
in offshore wind farms
routemaster
tonnes
Why offshore?
50%
1 wind farm could
power the city
of Hull
1 turbine can power
3,500 houses’
energy needs
1,000 direct jobs
in Hull
£310 million
Investment in Hull
buses
of steel
in a turbine
As high as
What makes up a turbine blade?
Best turbine layout
possible
90
Routemaster bus
for scale
50% windier
red phone
boxes
Foundation
goes
25m
X2
10 tonnes of resin
1000 man hours
1 Day
Turbines can be
double the size
Wind is far more
consistent
to install a turbine
at London Array
83m, 1 tonne
lightning conductor
14.5 tonnes of
glass fibre and wood
40 metres
average depth
of seabed at
Hornsea wind farm
into the
seabed
Service teams
and vessels
based locally
in the UK