From New Energy Focus... Offshore construction has begun of a a new 150MW wind farm off of Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish Sea.
The development by a Swedish company will see 30 5MW turbines installed across a 8.7km square area.
Work had already started on the shore construction - quayside facilities and a new control room etc last autumn - the whole 'field' is set to be operational by 2011
The developers - Vattenfall are currently constructing nine wind farms, 3 of them in the UK with a 300MW development at Thanet Wind Farm and and a 41MW onshore farm on the Isle of Skye, forming part of a worldwide £1.7 billion investment.
Vattenfall has said it will seek to use local facilities and personnel during construction, commissioning and beyond.
Read the full article at New Energy Focus by clicking here.
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