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Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm

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The Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm is a wind farm located off the coast of Kent, England on a large, flat and shallow plateau just outside the main Thames shipping lanes. The wind farm is operated by Vattenfall.

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Location

The distance from the nearest wind turbine to Whitstable is 6.2 miles (10.0 km). The nearest turbine is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) away from Herne Bay.

Installation

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Turbines at Kentish Flats, Kent, England, with the WWII gun platforms visible towards the right.
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Satellite image of the Thames Estuary with Kentish Flats (pre-extension) bottom left.

Construction was completed in August 2005, with commissioning and testing of all turbines completed by September 2005. The wind farm consists of 30 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines with a total nameplate capacity of 90 MW.[1] Turbines were installed by the Danish offshore wind farms services provider A2SEA.[2] Between 2007 and 2010, the capacity factor was around 30%.[3] Its levelised cost has been estimated at £66/MWh.[4]

Power is transmitted to shore via three export cables.[5]

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Kentish Flats extension

In February 2013 Vattenfall was granted consent to extend the existing Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm.[6] 15 turbines each with a capacity of 3.3 MW were installed adding an extra 49.5 MW to the wind farm.[7] Offshore construction began in October 2014 and was operational by December 2015.[7][8]

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