| GCSE - Engineering Support Project 1 Wind Turbines Industrial manufacturing methods |
The photographs on this page are of the UK Wind Turbine field trials off the
North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm North Wales
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North Hoyle Plan |
North Hoyle Project |
Onshore Cables |
Onshore Cables coming from the sea |
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Offshore construction platform |
Steel towers |
Steel towers to scale |
Transportation of towers |
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Lowering to sea |
Floating to position |
Steel towers positioning |
Pile driving hammer |
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Tower base platforms |
Transportation barges |
Installing base platforms |
Positioning of base platforms |
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Offshore finalising parts |
Inside the steel towers |
Adding sections |
Turbine cases |
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Propellers ready for despatch |
Turbine part assemblies |
Caring turbines to rigs |
Positioning turbines |
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The final propeller location |
Moving into position |
Nearly finished |
All done! |
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Cable laying barge |
Cable laying machine |
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