Big Wind A Go-Go Near Home of Beatles’ Beat
Mersey feat: world's biggest wind turbines go online near Liverpool; UK cements its position as global leader in wind technology as increasing scale drives down costs
Adam Vaughan, 17 May 2017 (UK Guardian)
“The planet’s biggest and most powerful wind turbines have begun generating electricity off the Liverpool coast, cementing Britain’s reputation as a world leader in the technology...[Dong Energy’s 32 turbines in Liverpool Bay] are taller than the Gherkin skyscraper, with blades longer than nine London buses…Each of the 195m-tall turbines in the Burbo Bank extension has more than twice the power capacity of those in the neighbouring Burbo Bank windfarm completed a decade ago…The project is the first time the 8MW turbines have been commercially used anywhere in the world…
Collectively [the UK now has an offshore wind capacity] of 5.3GW, generating enough electricity to power 4.3m homes. Eight further projects already under construction will add more than half that capacity again…[T]he cost of offshore wind has fallen a third since 2012…[Dong thinks 13MW or 15MW turbines are within reach]…” click here for more
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