Dong Energy are building the Walney offshore wind farm,off the Cumbrian coast,UK. When finished the farm will consist of 102,3.6 MW turbines,giving a total capacity of the Walney project of 367.2 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 turbines are shipped into the UK and stored at Mostyn port in North Wales. From here they are picked up by a jack up barge,that sails out to the construction site to build the turbines. This shot shows the jack up barge,the Krakken,with workmen in the foreground,controlling a nacelle lift |