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| Fluor and Airtricity to develop Bell Rock Engineering and construction group Fluor Corp announced that its UK division, Fluor Limited, and Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy, have been granted an exclusivity award by The Crown Estate to develop an offshore wind farm at Bell Rock off Scotland's Angus coastline. The proposed wind farm could have a total capacity of up to 700 megawatts (MW) from power generated by state-of-the-art turbines. The site is 10 kilometres from the Angus coastline and covers around 93 square kilometres. The Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm Project is the world's largest offshore development currently under construction. It was developed by a 50:50 joint venture between Fluor and Airtricity. Having successfully completed the development phase, obtained all necessary approvals and signed the construction contract, the 500 megawatt project in the Thames Estuary will provide carbon neutral, renewable energy for more than 415,000 homes, equivalent to the approximate domestic electricity demand for the County of Suffolk. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |