Located
alongside
the
Danish
group's
172MW
Gunfleet
Sands
1
and
2
developments
off
southeast
England,
Gunfleet
Sands
3
is
designed
to
test
Siemens’
highest-capacity
turbine.
The
machines
will
stand
148-metres
tall
and
feature
120-metre-diameter
rotors,
and
the
deployment
will
trial
a
range
of
installation
and
construction
methods
expected
to
help
cut
the
cost
of
offshore
wind.
“These
will
be
the
first
two
turbines
of
their
kind
to
be
installed
offshore
in
the
world,”
says
Dong
Energy
Wind
Power’s
UK
country
manager
Benj
Sykes.
“Crucial
tests
that
we
will
conduct
during
the
next
three
years…
