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The Thanet Wind Farm (also sometimes called Thanet Offshore Wind Farm) is an
offshore wind farm Offshore wind power or offshore wind energy is the generation of electricity through wind farms in bodies of water, usually at sea. There are higher wind speeds offshore than on land, so offshore farms generate more electricity per amount of c ...
off the coast of
Thanet Thanet may refer to: *Isle of Thanet, a former island, now a peninsula, at the most easterly point of Kent, England *Thanet District, a local government district containing the island *Thanet College, former name of East Kent College *Thanet Canal, ...
district in
Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
,
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
. On commissioning it was the world's largest offshore wind farm. It has a
nameplate capacity Nameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity, or maximum effect, is the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power station,
(maximum output) of 300  MW and it cost £780O'Toole, Sarah
World’s biggest offshore wind farm opens today
''Global Energy Magazine'', 23 September 2010. Retrieved: 29 September 2010.–900 million (US$1.2–1.4 billion). Thanet is one of fifteen Round 2 wind projects announced by the
Crown Estate The Crown Estate is a collection of lands and holdings in the United Kingdom belonging to the British monarch as a corporation sole, making it "the sovereign's public estate", which is neither government property nor part of the monarch's priv ...
in January 2004 but the first to be developed. It was officially opened on 23 September 2010,Shankleman, Jessica
UK cuts ribbon on world's largest offshore wind farm
''BusinessGreen'', 23 Septe