WIND POWER

BY KEITH NUTHALLA EUROPEAN Commission-funded report has claimed that technological advances have made it feasible to roll-out the next phase of offshore wind turbines, which could generate 100 MW, dwarfing the capacity of the current 80 MW models.The Concerted Action on Offshore Wind Energy in Europe (CA-OWEE) project has concluded that "the physical and environmental challenges are within the grasp of the offshore and wind energy industries," although there are still problems posed by "market uncertainties."The report examines the technical challenges of ...


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