The World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Nearly Complete世界上最大海上风电厂即将建成 英语原文Located 120 kilometers off England's Yorkshire coast, Hornsea One will produce enough energy to supply 1 million UK homes with clean electricity when it is completed in 2020. The project spans an area that's bigger than the Maldives or Malta. It consists of 174 seven-megawatt wind turbines, with towers that are each nearly 100 meters tall.Just a single rotation of one of the turbines can power the average home for an entire day, according to the energy company that built the farm.The project will take the UK closer to hitting its target of deriving a third of the country's electricity from offshore wind by 2030.It’s also expected to help cut greenhouse gas emissions. According to the International Energy Agency, offshore wind currently provides just 0.3% of global power generation. But the maximum potential for offshore wind production is more than 120,000 gigawatts, or 11 times global electricity demand in 2040, although that estimate does not factor in difficulties in transmitting and storing the power generated.汉语对照这一海上风电厂坐落于距离英国约克郡120公里的海上。
2020年完工时，它生产的电将为100万个英国家庭提供清洁能源。
这一工厂面积比马尔代夫或者马耳他还大，由174个七百万瓦特风力涡轮机组成。
每个基座塔高度都超过100米，风叶每转一圈所发的电就够一户家庭使用一整天。
工厂完工后，英国将实现到2030年。
海上风电供应全国用电三分之一的目标，也能使英国减少温室气体的排放。
根据国际能源组织的报告，目前全球海上风电供电量只占0.3%但海上风电潜在产量有120万亿瓦特。
如果不考虑传输和储存难度的话，是2040年全球电力需求量的11倍之多。
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