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First turbine installation of the world's largest offshore wind farm underway


The campaign to install the first of 277 turbines at the world’s largest offshore wind farm is underway. The 260m tall turbines, which are almost twice the height of the London Eye, will be installed c.80 miles off the coast of Yorkshire using a specialist vessel with a lifting capacity of 3,200 tonnes, the largest of its kind in the world.

Work to install the first 260m turbine is expected to begin at the weekend, SSE Renewables said.

The Dogger Bank wind farm occupies an area almost as large as Greater London. When fully completed, it will have an installed capacity of 3.6 GW of renewable electricity and will be capable of producing enough clean energy to power the equivalent of six million homes annually.

On a visit to Able Seaton Port in the North East of England to mark the occasion, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said taht "this project will generate cheap, clean energy to power millions of homes and provide the UK with greater energy independence in the face of Putin's energy ransom. Disruption to global energy supplies is one of the key risks we've highlighted in our new National Risk Register and working with SSE and its partners, we are making Britain more secure."

For his part, SSE CEO, Alistair Phillips-Davies said that "our progress here with our joint venture partners Equinor and Vårgrønn proves that offshore wind projects of this size are now mainstream and will help turbocharge the transition to the cheaper, cleaner and more secure energy system we all want to see."

 

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