Siemens Gamesa turbines on gigascale RWE wind farm off UK to fly recycled blades

Recycled rotor blades will be fitted to nearly half the turbines being installed on European developer RWE’s gigascale Sofia wind farm in the UK North Sea, following a deal with Siemens Gamesa.

A total 132 of the so-called RecyclableBlade design – a concept piloted on the Kaskasi project off the German island of Heligoland – will be manufactured at the OEM’s factory in Hull, England to equip 44 of the 100 giant 14MW machines destined for the 1.4GW wind farm, which is currently under construction.