North Sea Wind Power Hub: A giant wind farm to power all of north Europe

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The harnessing of energy has never been without projects of monolithic scale. From the Hoover Dam to the Three Gorges-the world's largest power station-engineers the world over have recognised that with size comes advantages.

The trend is clear within the wind power industry too, where the tallest wind turbines now tower up to 220m, with rotors spinning through an area greater than that of the London Eye, generating electricity for wind farms that can power whole cities.

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