Workers on a jack up barge, constructing the Walney offshore wind farm, Cumbria, UK.

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26 July 2011

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Ashley Cooper

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A monopile, the foundation for a wind turbine, on the Walney offshore wind farm. When finished it will have 102, 3.6 MW turbines, giving a total capacity of the Walney project of 367.2 MW, enough to power 320, 000 homes. The rotor diameter of the turbines is 107m for Walney 1 and 120 m for Walney 2. The wind farm is owned and constructed by Dong Energy.

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