04/02/2009
FIRST ROUND 2 TURBINE GOES UP AT GUNFLEET SANDS
BWEA can report that DONG Energy has installed this morning UK's first Round 2 turbine in the Tha- mes Estuary as part of the Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm. The project will have a capacity of 172 MW using 48 turbines at 3.6 MW each, and is due for completion by 2010.
Also today, StatoilHydro and Statkraft have announced that they are joining forces to develop the 315 MW Round 2 Sheringham Shoal project off the coast of Norfolk, and have sealed the alliance with an order for 88 turbines. The project is scheduled to start production in 2011.
More information here
http://www.statoilhydro.com/en/NewsAndMedia/News/2009/Pages/1AprSheringh am.aspx
and here
http://www.dongenergy.com/EN/Media/Press+releases/details.htm?id=418151
Also today, StatoilHydro and Statkraft have announced that they are joining forces to develop the 315 MW Round 2 Sheringham Shoal project off the coast of Norfolk, and have sealed the alliance with an order for 88 turbines. The project is scheduled to start production in 2011.
More information here
http://www.statoilhydro.com/en/NewsAndMedia/News/2009/Pages/1AprSheringh am.aspx
and here
http://www.dongenergy.com/EN/Media/Press+releases/details.htm?id=418151
- Source:
- British Wind Energy Association BWEA
- Author:
- Nick Medic
