Rampion Wind Farm
| Rampion Offshore Wind Farm | |
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 Location of Rampion within England
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| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Location | English Channel, off the coast of Sussex |
| Coordinates | 50°40′0″N 0°6′0″W / 50.66667°N 0.10000°WCoordinates: 50°40′0″N 0°6′0″W / 50.66667°N 0.10000°W |
| Status | Under construction |
| Commission date | 2017 (expected) |
| Construction cost | £1.3 billion |
| Owner(s) | E.ON |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Offshore |
| Site area | 72 km2 (27.8 sq mi) |
| Distance from shore | 13 km (8.1 mi) |
| Power generation | |
| Make and model | MHI Vestas V112-3.45MW |
| Units planned | 116 |
| Nameplate capacity | 400 MW |
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Website Rampion Offshore Wind Farm (E.ON) |
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Rampion is an offshore wind farm development by E.ON, under construction off the Sussex coast in the UK. The wind farm has a target capacity of 400 MW (originally 700 MW were planned). Construction is expected to be completed in 2018.
Located between 13 to 25 kilometres (8 to 16 mi) from the shore, the wind farm is situated off the coast of the towns of Worthing and Shoreham-by-Sea to the west, the city of Brighton and Hove in the centre and the towns of Newhaven and Seaford in the east. The wind farm lies in a zone that is an irregular elongated area, approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) in an east to west direction and approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in the north to south direction. The wind farm itself is planned to occupy an area of 72 square kilometres (27.8 sq mi) (originally 167 square kilometres (64.5 sq mi), equivalent to two-fifths of the size of the Isle of Wight or nearly three times the size of Manhattan Island). The wind farm would originally have been viewable from the bay between Selsey Bill and Beachy Head, as well as from the Isle of Wight.
Initially known as Zone 6 off the Sussex coast, it was later named the "Southern Array" (Hastings).
When the site of the wind farm was changed from near Hastings to off Brighton, E.ON held a competition with local schools to suggest a new name as a public relations exercise. The name ‘Rampion’ was voted the winning suggestion after the round-headed rampion (Phyteuma orbiculare), also known as the Pride of Sussex, the county flower of Sussex.
E.ON's final plans use 116 turbines of approximately 3.45 MW capacity, each 140 metres (459.3 ft) "high to tip". - this represents a 43% reduction in the size of the development after planning consent was received.
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