Britain | The energy estuary
How Britain’s dirtiest region hopes to become a hub for clean energy
What the Humber says about the country’s ambitions for green manufacturing
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At the Siemens Gamesa factory in Hull, workers are busy making 180 turbine blades for a wind farm off the coast of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. Each is 108 metres long, a giant sabre-shaped tooth crafted to slice through the air. A core of fibreglass is layered with epoxy resin, balsa wood and plastic to produce “just the right combination of flexibility and stiffness”, says Andy Sykes, the project director.
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Britain March 30th 2024
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