Work begins on Thames windfarm

Work has begun on the building of what is expected to become the world’s largest consented windfarm, to be located in the Thames Estuary in England.

Being built in a partnership between Dong Energy, E.ON, and Abu Dhabi-based Masdar, when completed the windfarm will increase Britain’s wind power resource more than tenfold.

Britain, which has more than 1,500mw of offshore wind, plans to increase capacity to 18,000mw by 2020 in a bid to meet rising energy demand without adding emissions.