London Array Offshore Wind Farm, UK
The London Array Offshore Wind Farm, the largest offshore wind farm in the world with an installed capacity of 630MW, ranks as the world's sixth largest wind farm. It is located in the outer Thames Estuary more than 20km off the coasts of Kent and Essex.
London Array was officially opened in July 2013. It is owned and developed by Denmark's Dong Energy, Germany's E.On and the Abu Dhabi-based Masdar. Offshore construction of the £3bn ($4.8bn) offshore wind project started in March 2011.
The last turbine was installed in December 2012.
The wind farm comprises of 175 Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines rising up to 87m above sea level. The rotor diameter of each turbine is 120m. The offshore wind farm has the capacity to power about two-thirds of Kent's households.