Clipper Windpower Plc has announced that its subsidiary, Clipper Windpower Marine Limited, was awarded GBP4.4 million under the ETF Offshore Wind Demonstration Call (the Grant) previously announced by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in May.
The Grant funding will contribute towards costs associated with the development of blades for the “Britannia Project”, a 10MW offshore wind turbine prototype under development by Clipper. The Britannia Project blade development is anticipated to take place at a new 4,000 m2 facility which Clipper expects to occupy on the River Tyne in the North East of England. Once constructed, each blade will be more than 70 metres long and weigh over 30 tonnes. A fully operational Clipper 10MW turbine will stand at 175 metres in height and. Upon - serial production, the 10 MW turbines will be deployed initially in European waters.
