• DocumentCode
    1438271
  • Title

    Wind powers ahead

  • Author

    Harris, Alan

  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    47
  • Lastpage
    49
  • Abstract
    Even climate change sceptics who bemoan the investment in renewable technologies cannot argue that it has been a good year for wind energy, particularly in the UK. With the commissioning of the Thanet offshore wind farm in September, the installed capacity of wind power topped the 5GW mark in the UK, this just a year after hitting 4GW. The completion of the 180MW Robin Rigg and 173MW Gunfleet Sands wind farms in April marked 2010 as the year that offshore wind broke the 1GW barrier for total deployment.
  • Keywords
    offshore installations; wind power; wind power plants; Gunfleet Sands wind farm; Robin Rigg wind farm; Thanet offshore wind farm; UK; climate change; power 5 GW; renewable technology; wind energy; wind power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering & Technology
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1750-9637
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    5704263