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
SWT-6.0-120
machine
–
the
German
group's
first
turbine
fully-designed
for
hostile
marine
environments.
The
machines
are
expected
to
start
generating
electricity
this
spring.
“The
Gunfleet
Sands
demonstration
project
is
a
big
step
in
reducing
the
cost
of
energy
in
offshore
wind,”
says
Dong
UK
country
manager
Benj
Sykes.
“Turbines
with
a
bigger
output
means
that
it
would
need
half
the
number
of
inter-array
cables
and
half
the
number
of
foundations
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