The jack up barge, Kraken, lifting a nose cone onto a turbine for the Walney Offshore windfarm project
The jack up barge, Kraken, loaded with wind turbines for the Walney Offshore windfarm project, off Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, UK, lifts the nose cone into place. When finished it will have 102, MW turbines, giving a total capacity of the Walney project of MW, enough to power 320,000 homes. The rotor diameter of the turbines is 107m for Walney 1 and 120 m for Walney 2. The wind farm is owned and constructed by Dong Energy.
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