Vattenfall revives plans for UK offshore wind farm extension

Swedish energy company Vattenfall is developing a proposal to extend its 300-megawatt Thanet offshore wind farm off the coast of Kent in southern England, it said, reviving a plan it scrapped in 2010 due to grid constraints. The firm said on its website the extension would include an additional 34 wind turbines on the edges of the existing site. "Using the latest turbine technology and taller turbines, the extension could almost double Thanet's energy generating capacity," Vattenfall said in a J