Benefiting the environment with low carbon, renewable energy
London Array will play a key role in helping the UK meet the Government’s environmental and renewable energy targets. These include:
- To reduce CO2 emissions by 34% by 2020
- To generate 15% of all energy from renewable sources by 2015.
When complete, London Array’s will reduce carbon emissions by 1.4 million tonnes each year. Phase One alone will enable 925,000 tonnes of CO2 to be offset each year, helping to tackle the effects of climate change and global warming.
London Array will have a total capacity of up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) and will generate enough electricity for up to 750,000 homes – equivalent to a quarter of households in Greater London, or all the homes in Kent and East Sussex. Phase One’s capacity of 630MW is enough to power around 480,000 homes, or two thirds of all homes in Kent.
Our commitment to protecting the environment
Although London Array will provide significant, long term environmental benefits by reducing carbon emissions, we have to make sure that the construction and operation of the wind farm don’t have a negative impact on the local area.
Explore the rest of this section to find out about our activities and the measures we’re taking to protect the local environment and its ecosystems, both on land and at sea.
