Big blades keep Brits rolling!

A British firm has announced it will build the world's largest wind turbine in a new factory. The Britannia blade will be developed Clipper Windpower Marine at their new factory, a 4000m2 facility expected to be completed towards the end of 2010. The factory will be used to develop and build blades for the 'Britannia Project', a 10MW offshore wind turbine prototype under development by Clipper. A prototype is scheduled for deployment in late 2012 blades will be 72 metres long and weigh more than 30 tonnes and will be funded partly by a Department of Energy and Climate Change grant of £4.46m, which was awarded to Clipper in September last year.