Vattenfall confirmed last week that it has abolished plans to extend Kent's 300MW Thanet offshore windfarm by 50%, in a move that is bound to spark fresh questions about the availability of grid connections for offshore wind projects.
The Swedish utility applied to the Crown Estate earlier this year to build extensions to the Thanet and nearby 90MW Kentish Flats offshore windfarms. The combined expanded capacity would have amounted to 198MW, enough to power about 132,000 homes.
However, Vattenfall has now announced that the so-called "Thanet 2" is infeasible, citing tight timescales and limited access to the grid.
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Source: Guardian online