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IN DEPTH: A bigger test

Gargantuan as the coming generation of ultra-large offshore wind turbines will be, they are more than matched in size and technological complexity by the giant test rigs being built to trial these machines for deployment in the gale-force gusts off Northern Europe.

A 3MW Vestas V112 nacelle will warm up the Lorc rig for the 8MW V164
A 3MW Vestas V112 nacelle will warm up the Lorc rig for the 8MW V164
  • Darius Snieckus
Published 4 September 2014, 09:17Updated 27 September 2016, 05:53
Middle East & AfricaIn Depth