The world’s biggest wind turbine is to be built in the Scottish east coast town of Methil, once the epicentre of the country’s coal industry.
Bloomberg reports that Samsung Heavy Industry Co. plans to construct the 7MW model, with a span of 171 metres, due to the town’s proximity to three North Sea sites that will accommodate almost one fifth of the 5,000 new turbines the U.K. The UK currently has the world’s biggest wind power programme, with 3,300 megawatts…
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