Metre Tower News Today

A huge crane lifts the 125 metre tower. next comes the generator. then you need to attach those 81 metre turbine blades. now you can start generating electricity. each turn of the blades is enough to power the average home for a day. this vast wind farm can power all the homes in manchester. so heres the thing. the offshore wind industry is now virtually subsidy free. in fact, companies are falling over themselves to pay the government for the right to access the sea bed. so private companies ar...

In the world right here in hull. so were really proud of that. everyone here had to learn from scratch. now, because they are so bespoke and handmade, it is a local skill set that is unique. from the factory, the blades, towers and the generator, are loaded onto a boat — yeah, a really big one — and sailed out into the north sea. this is where the vast new wind farms that increasingly power britain are being built. the 1000th wind turbine in the uk. about ten years ago, we were 14% reliable ...