big new offshore wind farm?

[samwise]

Just seen an item on the BBC Look East lunchtime news about plans for a vast new offshore wind farm in the Southern North Sea. The item quoted an area of 6,000 square kilometers and the accompanying map showed it covering a big patch of sea extending down past Lowestoft.

Now, I've rather lost the plot about these things insofar that plans and proposals seem to come and go. I know about the Gabbard and the other smaller things they are doing in the Thames Estuary but this looks pretty big. Is it new or has the telly news just duig out an old story and dusted it off? If it is new ( and true) there would certainly be a few navigational issues to be resolved.

 

[Woodlouse]

I think it's been on the cards for a while this one. There are plans basically to have windfarms stretched all the way between Felixstowe and the Humber. Waste of time and money really, but someone no doubt is getting rich over it all.

 

[webcraft]

Windfarms and navigation

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As some of you may know from other threads elsewhere I am not a huge fan of windfarms, but offshore windfarms can sometimes be an aid to navigation rather than a hindrance. We have twice been down the Irish coast from Dublin Bay towards Tusker at night inside the banks, and the line of orange strobes on the turbines on the Arklow Bank provide an odd sort of comfort and orientation on a dark and windy night.

- W

 

[Fire99]

If the pop a couple of pontoons next to 'em I could stop by for a picnic. (Hey if the used to do it on the central reservation of the M1 when it opened, a Wind Farm must be a walk in the park)

 

[PilotWolf]

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As some of you may know from other threads elsewhere I am not a huge fan of windfarms, but offshore windfarms can sometimes be an aid to navigation rather than a hindrance. We have twice been down the Irish coast from Dublin Bay towards Tusker at night inside the banks, and the line of orange strobes on the turbines on the Arklow Bank provide an odd sort of comfort and orientation on a dark and windy night.

- W

Really? I find them quite creepy when steaming past them in the dark.

Maybe it comes from the many nights towing survey gear just metres away from the base of the towers.

W.