OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY SEEKS CUTS IN STEEL CONTENT
August 1st, 2013
Leading European offshore wind companies are examining how reducing the steel in turbine foundations could help to reduce by 40% the cost of power from this renewable energy source.Denmark's DONG Energy revealed late last week that it has been the lead industry partner since August 1 for PISA (Pile Soil Analysis), an 18-month offshore wind cost-reduction R&D project involving an academic consortium of three leading European universities.The consortium led by the United Kingdom's University of Oxford along with Imperial College London and Ireland's University ...
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