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8 December 2006 -- E.ON plans to begin construction of Robin Rigg, the U.K.'s largest offshore wind farm with an aggregate capacity of 180 MW, by the beginning of 2007. E.ON UK plans to build 60 three-MW turbines to be sited off the coast of Scotland.
Robin Rigg is expected to enter service in early 2009 and will produce approximately 550 million KWh of electricity per year, enough to meet the average annual electricity needs of approximately 150,000 homes. Compared with conventional generation, the wind farm will prevent about 230,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Investments in the project will total about €500 million.
In the United Kingdom, E.ON currently operates Scroby Sands, a 60 MW offshore wind farm which entered service in 2004. In Germany and Denmark, E.ON is involved in a number of pilot projects for offshore wind farms. E.ON said that here, however, substantial development work remains to be done because such facilities have to be sited further offshore at greater water depths.
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