Dogger Bank: turbine installation process has begun

UK’s Dogger Bank will deliver clean energy to six million British homes annually

The campaign to install the first of 277 turbines at the world’s largest offshore wind farm is underway, marking a major advance in the industry and speeding up the transition to a cleaner, more secure energy system. 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. The scale of Dogger Bank Wind Farm is immense, occupying an area almost as large as Greater London, on seabed that once formed... ... More: Official Press Release SSE Renewables

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