Constructing wind turbines in the North Sea – huge potential and enormous challenges

Constructing wind turbines in the North Sea – huge potential and enormous challenges
The countries with coastlines around the North Sea – Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Great Britain – are all very interested in tapping the potential of offshore wind power in the North Sea. Wind farms with a generating capacity of 135 gigawatts could be built there, the equivalent of about 135 nuclear power stations.
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DOTI/M.Ibeler 2009.

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