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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #139 Offshore Wind: Scotland’s World Leader
Description: At 4.1GW Berwick Bank is planning to become the largest offshore windfarm in the world. This is enough generating capacity to power Scotland’s homes twice over and it would play a critical role in meeting the UK’s wind energy targets. But in order to move ahead it must overcome a range of challenges from obtaining planning consent to understanding the incredibly complex and variable ground conditions. Project owner SSE Renewables, and its supply chain will be tested like never before.
Guests
Richard Holland, Geotechnical Package Lead Engineer Berwick Bank Wind Farm, SSE Renewables
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