How should I view the High Definition videos?
If you have an HD screen (1920x1080 pixels or more) on a PC or a Smart TV and a fast internet connection, try the HD videos. Most modern browsers and PCs should work, but some older versions may not. Unfortunately, the HD videos will not display the detail of the wind farm properly if you don't have an HD screen.
Always view these videos full-screen by clicking on the arrows symbol at the right of the toolbar on the bottom of the video frame. The video should then completely fill your screen, but you may also need to set your browser to full screen (usually by toggling the F11 key). Check your viewing distance from the grey bar at the bottom of the frame. All the HD videos have the same nominal viewing distance.
Unfortunately, if your internet connection is slow, the videos may not play very smoothly.
Always view these videos full-screen by clicking on the arrows symbol at the right of the toolbar on the bottom of the video frame. The video should then completely fill your screen, but you may also need to set your browser to full screen (usually by toggling the F11 key). Check your viewing distance from the grey bar at the bottom of the frame. All the HD videos have the same nominal viewing distance.
Unfortunately, if your internet connection is slow, the videos may not play very smoothly.
What the simulations show
Our videos and stills are not "artist impressions" of the windfarm. They are detailed engineering simulations using 3D computer graphics. The turbines are correctly scaled relative to the background.
For the offshore elements of the plan, Navitus Bay Development Limited has so far declared the boundaries of the area that its windfarm might cover, a maximum peak capacity (970MW), and a range of possible turbine sizes. This means that there are still many possible outcomes, and the final configuration may not be known until late 2014 (and even then, the developer will almost certainly choose to define an "envelope" of possible configurations, rather than one specific design).
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Assumptions
In Feb 2014 NBDL reduced the capacity of the wind farm to 970MW peak capacity. For the new layout, we are showing two different configurations:
Factors accounted for
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Why do your videos look different from Navitus Bay Development Limited's photomontages?
This is explained in more detail under technical data.
Your videos look much bigger than my photo of the same area. Haven't you got the scale wrong?
We have been careful about the scaling of the videos, and they are scaled correctly provided you follow the viewing instructions.
So why don't you show me a smaller-scale image, covering a wider part of the view, so I can sit closer and see more of the scene?
We would like to do that, but your computer screen does not have enough pixels to show the turbines accurately if we make them too small. There is more information on this under photo-montages.
But the turbines still look too big compared with other objects in the scene. Aren't they shown magnified?
No, they really are that big. An interesting fact is that the 164m diameter rotor of a 7MW turbine at a range of 19km has the same apparent diameter (i.e. subtends the same angle at your eye) as the sun or full moon.