Samsung picks Scotland to launch 7MW offshore turbine

Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has revealed it will bring a 7MW offshore wind turbine to market in the second half of the decade – and plans to establish a manufacturing base at Methil, eastern Scotland.

SHI has already applied for the necessary consents to test a geared 7MW prototype at Energy Park Fife, says Lena Wilson, chief executive of development agency Scottish Enterprise.

“They’re going to be testing it there, and hopefully after that they’ll move into full-scale manufacturing,” Wilson tells Recharge.

As part of its £100m ($157.8m) push into offshore wind, SHI has inked a “multi-million pound” deal with David Brown Gear Systems, a subsidiary of Clyde Blowers, to supply gearboxes.

Late last year Clyde Blowers purchased bankrupt Finnish wind gearbox specialist Moventas.

The Korean…

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