World's largest offshore wind farm to be built off UK coast: Dong announces it will be fully erect b - Polidicks

[img]http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/C95B/production/_88074515_dongturbine976.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-35483190[/url] [quote]A wind farm powering more than a million homes is to be built off the East Yorkshire coast. Developer Dong Energy said it had made the final investment decision to build the Hornsea Project One. The company claimed the 157 sq mile (407 sq km) site, expected to be operational by 2020, would be the world's largest offshore wind farm.[/quote]

I wonder what the maintenance procedure for offshore wind farms is like.

"Dong announces it will be fully erect by 2020" :v:

they're being built by Siemens the jokes write themselves, I applaud the BBC for its maturity in not taking the opportunity for lewd puns

I hate my country for not taking advantage of green energy more.. We're about to be outdone by the british, it's as sad as it can be (sorry brits but's true)

[QUOTE=Tools;49666203]I hate my country for not taking advantage of green energy more.. We're about to be outdone by the british, it's as sad as it can be (sorry brits but's true)[/QUOTE] Atleast your country isn't polluting the enviroment through ancient power stations that are running on coal so shitty it would be actually much cheaper [I]and[/I] better to ship it from China instead of digging it up here.

So, a wind farm, called [I][B]Horn[/B]sea Project One[/I], contracted by [I][B]Dong[/B] Energy[/I], is being built by [I][B]Siemens[/B] AG[/I]. Someone's taking the piss, surely.

[QUOTE=MrWhite;49666265]So, a wind farm, called [I][B]Horn[/B]sea Project One[/I], contracted by [I][B]Dong[/B] Energy[/I], is being built by [I][B]Siemens[/B] AG[/I]. Someone's taking the piss, surely.[/QUOTE] You forgot that it will be [I][B]fully erect[/B][/I] in 2020.

[QUOTE=MrWhite;49666265]So, a wind farm, called [I][B]Horn[/B]sea Project One[/I], contracted by [I][B]Dong[/B] Energy[/I], is being built by [I][B]Siemens[/B] AG[/I]. Someone's taking the piss, surely.[/QUOTE] Most people are blaming the project lead, Cockdick Cuminmyass

I feel like i've put on the They Live glasses and can finally see the patriarchy.

Pretty awesome news but I hope they find a way to deal with the downsides. Sea birds, ramming noise and all of that stuff. good thing nevertheless

Deepwater offshore wind has a huge potential. It needs to be explored further.

its erect? ok but the real question is, when will it come? :v:

Apparently this Windfarm will be capable of putting out 1.2 GW of power. But the cost is pretty crazy, £140 per MWh produced, with some other off shore wind farms coming in at £115/MWh. [editline]3rd February 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=SweetTea;49666516]its erect? ok but the real question is, when will it come? :v:[/QUOTE] It's power will come all over your house in 2019 / 2020.

How is this a serious company name Also didn't Trump complain about these blocking the view from his Scotland golf course once?

[QUOTE=seba079;49667543]How is this a serious company name Also didn't Trump complain about these blocking the view from his Scotland golf course once?[/QUOTE] He did but this is in a completely different area.

[QUOTE=seba079;49667543]How is this a serious company name[/QUOTE] Danish Oil and National Gas, they're the largest supplier of energy here. I was on a school trip there years ago, and a spokeswoman admitted that they honestly didn't know of the connotations until well after the name change. Unfortunately, it appears middle aged Danish businessmen aren't well versed in English dick slang.

These are being built in my city :) Exciting to have it here.

[QUOTE=seba079;49667543]How is this a serious company name Also didn't Trump complain about these blocking the view from his Scotland golf course once?[/QUOTE] Maybe it is a Chinese company? in Chinese and Vietnamese, Dong usually means East.

I'm sorry, but the last half of the title made me snicker.

Don't count on it, it'll probably get cancelled last-minute because of the risk of tiny white blips on the horizon being an eyesore.

174*7MW = 1.218GW Even with a capacity factor of 100% (it will be more like 40% in practice for an offshore field), that leaves 1.218kW for each of the million homes described in the article. That doesn't sound like enough for a nation that requires significant heating. [QUOTE=Grenadiac;49666186]they're being built by Siemens the jokes write themselves, I applaud the BBC for its maturity in not taking the opportunity for lewd puns[/QUOTE] Siemens is apparently pronounced Zee-mens. [editline]4th February 2016[/editline] Eh, looking it up, apparently the average British home if they have no gas heating consumes 14,000kWHr per year. [url]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449134/ECUK_Chapter_3_-_Domestic_factsheet.pdf[/url] 14000/(365*24)=1.6kW averaged over a year. Once gas heating is subtracted it's 4000kWHr a year, which can be supplied by this far assuming the storage problem is solved. So apparently I was wrong. If you have gas heating (and I assume most do) it will supply a million homes.

Oh hey ho people inevitably laughing at the name of our energy company, I don't blame anyway. It is actually an abbreviation of "[B]D[/B]ansk [B]O[/B]lie og [B]N[/B]atur[B]g[/B]as" which directly translated means [B]D[/B]anish [B]O[/B]il and [B]N[/B]atural [B]G[/B]as.

That's nice and all, but will it be able to store wind?

[QUOTE=download;49670253]174*7MW = 1.218GW Even with a capacity factor of 100% (it will be more like 40% in practice for an offshore field), that leaves 1.218kW for each of the million homes described in the article. That doesn't sound like enough for a nation that requires significant heating. Siemens is apparently pronounced Zee-mens. [editline]4th February 2016[/editline] Eh, looking it up, apparently the average British home if they have no gas heating consumes 14,000kWHr per year. [url]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/449134/ECUK_Chapter_3_-_Domestic_factsheet.pdf[/url] 14000/(365*24)=1.6kW averaged over a year. Once gas heating is subtracted it's 4000kWHr a year, which can be supplied by this far assuming the storage problem is solved. So apparently I was wrong. If you have gas heating (and I assume most do) it will supply a million homes.[/QUOTE] Yeah most of us have gas heating. Electric heating isn't economical. I wonder what the long term plan will be to make heating "greener". I'm all for green tech if it makes economical sense but I don't see how that's possible with electric heating. It would be a significant increase in the cost of living if everyone was to switch to electrical heating. [editline]4th February 2016[/editline] [QUOTE=Ragekipz;49670343]That's nice and all, but will it be able to store wind?[/QUOTE] This is why we still have gas power plants. They can throttle down or up very quickly in response to wind output. [URL="http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/"]This[/URL] is a good place to watch the UK grid status.