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Substrate on October 31, 2006 - 12:27pm

If it is going to be very similar to North Hoyle...from what you know, has North Hoyle been a success?

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Jerome a Paris on October 31, 2006 - 3:24pm

North Hoyle is doing okay. Both are actually successors to Horns Rev, the first large scale offshore windfarm (160 MW - 80 V80 2MW turbines) which "enjoyed" significant problems - Vestas had to bring back all the turbines onshore to replace various parts.

The experience has been learnt, and the new version of the turbine is a lot more marine-eady than the earlier one was.

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