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Gwynt y Môr

576MW

Located off the North Wales coast , the 576MW capacity farm uses 160 turbines . Each turbine is around 150m in height and has a 3.6MW capacity . During the development of the project , approximately 134km of onshore cables were connected to the farm . Around 400,000 houses can be powered by Gwynt y Môr every year . The 80km farm is operated by Germany ’ s innogy , along with its partners Stadtwerke München , Siemens , and UK Green Investment bank .
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