By next spring, however, Chinese manufacturer Ming Yang is on course to have a 6MW turbine spinning in the shallows here that could change the face of offshore wind power.
The two-bladed, downwind giant will be erected on the seabed off Karmøy island, a short boat journey from energy giant Statoil’s floating Hywind prototype. The machine could be revolutionary from the blades through to the helipad-topped nacelle to the hybrid jacket foundation, which will be anchored to the seafloor by a concrete base, removing the need for expensive, labour-intensive piling operations.
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