Article 5CARB Dogger Bank's giant turbines herald a wind of change in UK industry

Dogger Bank's giant turbines herald a wind of change in UK industry

by
Jillian Ambrose
from on (#5CARB)

The ambition of the North Sea project promises vast quantities of green energy - and many green jobs

Beyond the horizon off the coast of North Yorkshire, a quiet revolution is emerging from the waves of the North Sea.

More than 80 miles from land, hundreds of the world's most powerful wind turbines have begun reaching into the air as construction progresses on the biggest windfarm ever built. Almost 200 turbines, each almost as tall as the Eiffel tower, will soon rise above the submerged Doggerland to populate an expanse of sea as large as North Yorkshire itself.

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