Dong Energy has said that offshore blades could double in size within seven years. The energy company has just completed 258 MW Burbo Bank project off the coast of Merseyside, with 32 640 ft high turbines that feature blades measuring 262 ft long. Dong Energy, the UK boss for Dong Energy, said that by 2024, the company could be producing blades twice the size of those just unveiled. “If you wind the clock back four or five years this scale of technology was considered very ambitious...It’s very difficult to say where we will ultimately get to,” he said.
Dong Energy has said that offshore blades could double in size within seven years. The energy company has just completed 258 MW Burbo Bank project off the coast of Merseyside, with 32 640 ft high turbines that feature blades measuring 262 ft long. Benj Sykes, the UK boss for Dong Energy, said that by 2024, the company could be producing blades twice the size of those just unveiled. “If you wind the clock back four or five years this scale of technology was considered very ambitious...It’s very difficult to say where we will ultimately get to,” he said.