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Greater Gabbard is a 504 MW wind farm on sandbanks off the coast of Suffolk in England at a cost of £1.5 billion.〔 Onshore construction activities commenced in early July 2008 at Sizewell. It was completed on 7 September 2012 with all of the Siemens SWT3.6-107 turbines connected.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greater Gabbard completed and operational )〕 == History == The project was originally developed by Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Limited (GGOWL) which was a joint venture between Airtricity and Fluor. Airtricity was subsequently bought by Scottish and Southern Energy who have bought out Fluor's 50% stake for £40m which is expected to cost £1.3b. Fluor are now contracted to design, supply, installation and commissioning of the balance of the plant.〔 Scottish and Southern sold a 50% stake to RWE, the owners of Npower (UK), in November 2008 for £308m. The project was given the go-ahead in May 2008 and work started in June. In July 2011 erection of the turbines was two thirds complete, with all the pile foundations installed. In October 2009 Seajacks Ltd delivered its 7,000 tonne Leviathan vessel to Fluor Ltd which sailed to Harwich to prepare the hook-up and commissioning of an in-field substation and then installation of the turbines.〔 〕 The first foundations were installed in autumn 2009 with the first of a total of 140 turbines installed in the spring 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lowestoft wind farm project gathering pace )〕 Electricity generation began on 29 December 2010 and construction was completed on 7 September 2012.〔 The wind farm may be seen by the public from the Stena Line Harwich to Hook of Holland car & passenger ferry, the route passing within a few kilometres. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greater Gabbard wind farm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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