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Race Bank Wind Farm is a proposed 580 MW Round 2 offshore wind farm located 27 km north of Blakeney Point off the coast of Norfolk, and 28 km east of Chapel St Leonards off the Lincolnshire coast in the North Sea. ==History== In 2002 the UK government designated the ''Greater Wash strategic area'' as potential offshore wind farm development region.〔Race Bank - ES Non-technical Summary (January 2009) p.3〕 In 2004, Centrica was awarded a lease by The Crown Estate during the Round 2 wind farm leasing process to develop a wind farm on Race Bank. The wind farm site was located on a sandbank approximately north of the north Norfolk coast, and east of the Lincolnshire coast, with an estimated maximum capacity of 620 MW. The scheme was developed in association with AMEC and the RES Group. The wind farm was to connect to the National Grid at Walpole, together with two of Centrica's other Round 2 wind farms, Lincs Wind Farm and Docking Shoal Wind Farm.〔Race Bank project history (Centrica)〕 In 2009 Centrica submitted a planning consent application for a wind farm of up 620 MW capacity. The proposed wind farm covered an area of at water depths of .〔Race Bank - ES Non-technical Summary (January 2009) p.4〕 In July 2012 the government gave planning approval for Centrica to construct a wind farm to the capacity of 580 MW. In November 2013 the project failed to be shortlisted for early contract for difference subsidies from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, putting the future of the project in doubt; in December 2013, Centrica sold the project to DONG Energy for £50 million. As of May 2014, Dong Energy estimated that onshore construction will begin in spring 2015 at the earliest, followed by offshore construction in spring 2016.〔Race Bank (project update) (Dong Energy, May 2014), p.4〕 Turnkey supply and installation of electrical equipment for the farm was awarded to RXPE (China) in 2015. An order for 91 6 MW 154 m Siemens Wind turbines was confirmed in mid-2015. The turbines will be installed in waters of depth .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Siemens wins turbine supply contract for Race Bank offshore wind project in UK )〕 In July 2015 MMT was contracted to clear the cable route of possible unexploded ordinance. 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「Race Bank wind farm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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