The
Offshore
Wind
Component
Technologies
Development
and
Demonstration
initiative
will
see
£5m
($8m)
allocated
to
back
cost-cutting
designs
for
components
used
in
5MW-plus
turbines.
The
scheme
–
run
by
the
UK’s
Department
of
Energy
and
Climate
Change
(DECC)
and
Technology
Strategy
Board
(TSB)
–
will
also
encompass
concepts
for
foundations,
connection
and
transmission,
installation,
and
operation
and
maintenance.
“Wind
energy
has
great
potential
here
in
the
UK,
but
we
need
to
ensure
turbines
work
in
the
most
efficient
way
to
cut
the
costs
of
generating
green
power,”
says
energy
minister
Greg…
