Worlds largest offshore wind farm begins producing electricity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11395824

Off the coast of Kent in the United Kingdom, the worlds largest offshore wind farm began to produce power on September 23rd, 2010. The project cost the UK approximately $1.2 billion to build. There are 100 turbines each about two and a half times the height of Nelson's Column (422.5 ft). When the turbines are running at full capacity they produce enough electricity to power half of Kent (240,000 homes). There is one flaw however in that there is currently no way of storing the power produced and the production is intermittent, no wind, no power. This is all part of UK's plan to provide clean, renewable energy. Within the next decade they hope for 20% of their power to come from the wind, at the moment however they are only at 2.5%.