The tie-up is targeting commercialisation of 2-B’s concept by the end of 2014, coinciding with the construction of landmark offshore test and demonstration facilities in Scotland.
2-B’s concept uses a design suited to a 6MW wind turbine, with a rotor diameter of 140-metres, mounted on a full-lattice structure that stretches from nacelle to seabed.
Engineered to need “significantly fewer” components over the lifetime of the turbine offshore, 2-B claims its concept will have the potential to slash construction, operation and maintenance costs by some 45%.
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