Vestas to test "world's longest" turbine blades on Isle of Wight

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Vestas to test "world's longest" turbine blades on Isle of Wight

15-08-08

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas announced today that it is investing in its blade production facility on the Isle of Wight, and is also setting up a new research and development centre.

The company is switching production at the main factory from 40-metre to 44-metre blades, in the belief that the huge increase in larger wind turbines in the UK will provide a significant market.

And, the new development centre is to test the "world's longest" turbine blades from 2010.

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Isle of Wight

Vestas has made wind turbine blades on the Isle of Wight since the year 2000, generally for export to the USA, most recently 40-metre blades for 1.6MW V82 turbines.

But with the UK market now "particularly well suited" to the company's 2MW and 3MW turbines, both onshore and offshore, the company said a "large number" of the new blades from the facility at St Cross, Newport, would now be sold to the British market.

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