Located in the North Sea, 88.5 kilometers off the coast of Yorkshire, England, Hornsea 2 covers an area four and a half times the size of Liverpool at 118 square kilometers and, according to the BBC, can generate enough electricity. About 1.3 million houses.
Each of its 165 turbines is more than 200 meters above sea level and its blades reach 81 meters in length. Patrick Harnett, project director of the Hornsea 2 wind farm, told the BBC that a single cycle takes six seconds and provides enough energy to power a house for a day.
Despite the very high numbers, the site is unlikely to hold the title of the world’s largest for long, as even larger projects are being built near the North Sea. This is the case with the Togar Bank Wind Farm, which, if fully built, could supply 6 million homes. It should be operational by 2023.
But Orsted didn’t want to stand still. The company is already planning to develop Hornsea 3. According to the Design Taxi portal, the plan for the new mega wind farm has received approval from the British government.
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