The turbine is being developed in Spain at Alstom's wind technology centre in Barcelona, but the company "will need partners in the UK to develop the prototype", says Burgin.
The National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth, northeast England, is a possible option.
Alstom hopes to have a prototype in 2012 and move to pre-series production the following year. Series production will start in 2014.
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