Clipper Windpower Selects Northumberland Town for Wind Turbine Project

The North England Inward Investment Agency has announced that California-based energy firm Clipper Windpower has chosen the town of Blyth in the Northumberland County of England as the site for the development of offshore wind turbines.

The $65 million Britannia Project reportedly advances Clipper’s wind turbine technology to a 7.5MW wind turbine scale which will be among the largest and most powerful offshore turbines in the world. With a 30-year design life, it will generate electricity equivalent of one million barrels of oil.

North England’s Centre of Excellence for New and Renewable Energy will provide engineering, testing and development services in support of the project.

James Dehlsen, chairman and CEO of Clipper, said: “We established the project in support of the UK government’s ambitious plans to generate more than 20% of the country’s electricity from renewable sources. This is both a responsible and necessary endeavor considering growing worldwide concerns over global warming and climate change.”