DONG Energy is delighted to announce that they will shortly be starting on the construction of Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm, 7km off the Essex coast in the Northern Thames Estuary, the first phase of the work will be onshore.

Frits Kristoffersen, Project Manager for the Gunfleet Sands project, said, "We are delighted to announce that the onshore construction phase of Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm will be starting in the last week of February. The construction will cover the onshore works and will include cable laying and associated work. We will be starting the offshore construction later this year in September. This is our 3rd offshore windfarm in Great Britain and the first phase consists of 30 offshore wind turbines generating up to 108MW of clean energy and reventing the release of thousands of tonnes of polluting carbon dioxide gas.”

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