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Siemens Wind Power: Technical Developments

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Onshore and<br />

offshore wind farms<br />

Whitelee Onshore <strong>Wind</strong> Farm<br />

• Europe`s largest onshore wind farm. On Whitelee, Scotland, with an installed capacity<br />

of 322 MW<br />

• Late summer 2008 - approximately half of the turbines installed<br />

Burbo Offshore <strong>Wind</strong> Farm<br />

• 2007: the first offshore wind farm with 3.6 MW turbines installed in only one and a half<br />

months<br />

• Total capacity of 90 MW located in the approach to Liverpool Bay<br />

• Burbo <strong>Wind</strong> farm can supply over 80,000 households<br />

Greater Gabbard Offshore <strong>Wind</strong> Farm<br />

• World's largest offshore wind farm ever contracted.<br />

• Located 25 kilometers off the east coast of Suffolk in Great Britain<br />

• 140 wind turbines of type SWT-3.6-107 will provide about 504 MW in 2010<br />

• Green electricity can supply more than 415,000 homes<br />

© <strong>Siemens</strong> AG 2008 All rights reserved.<br />

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