World's Largest Wind Farm Gets Green Light

cliffski writes "According to the BBC website the UK govt has just given the go ahead to two large offshore wind-farm projects. Between them the schemes would produce enough renewable electricity to power about one million households. The larger London Array project covers 144 sq miles (232 sq km) between Margate in Kent and Clacton, Essex and will be the world's biggest when it is completed. The £1.5bn scheme will have 341 turbines rising from the sea about 12 miles (20km) off the Kent and Essex coasts, as well as five offshore substations and four meteorological masts"

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An aeroplane wasn't enough

[Anonymous Coward]

These guys are now trying to cross the channel with the whole island!!!

Re:What about our fine feathered friends?

[tomknight]

Hopefully it'll kill off a few bloody seagulls. Maybe we should have a wind farm in central London to cut down on the vicious bastards.

Re:144 mi^2 !=232 km^2

[smaddox]

thats the Imperial-Metric square mile. Oft' confused with the strict Imperial square mile.

It was invented solely for the purposes of this article, and has yet to reach widespread use.

Re:Predictions

[montyzooooma]

But it will only kill off the stupid sea birds. I for one welcome our... oh god just shoot me....

Re:What about our fine feathered friends?

[randallman]

Scarecrow. Duh.

Re:Such specific numbers, blah.

[SnarfQuest]

Just enough to run my Delorian.

Re:Such specific numbers, blah.

[bdonalds]

"Enough to power about 1 million homes." How about a MW output. Specifics please.

Maybe I can help. It will supply enough power to fill the Library of Congress two times over.

Re:Slashdot got a green light?

[Kagura]

Won't somebody please think of the birds!

Re:Slashdot got a green light?

[butterwise]

They already have. [ecofriend.org]

Re:What about our fine feathered friends?

[An Onerous Coward]

Fluffy the neighborhood kitty has probably never taken down a bald eagle.

Wait, wait, I know what you're going to say, but it's obvious that youtube video was a fake.

Re:What about our fine feathered friends?

[udderly]

True Story (or so I'm told): My brother is an ornithologist out West and they were conducting a Lincoln Index study in a suburban area. Every morning they would come in to man the nets and in one back yard a toy breed dog would bark his fool head off. One early morning the yapping was punctuated with a yelp and then silence. My brother looked and a Great Horned Owl was flying off with Fluffy.

Re:What about our fine feathered friends?

[peepleperson]

Yes, but their better eyesight means they get super-hypnotised, and fly straight into the blades.

Re:Originally meant to be a white light

[LiquidCoooled]

They will complain that its being built too far away to complain about.

Re:What about our fine feathered friends?

[Duhavid]

So, the report was done by Howe'nWolf?

Re:What about our fine feathered friends?

[shanen]

Yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, yip

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