The January 2010 announcement from the Crown Estate of the successful bidders for 32GW of offshore wind power in the nine Round 3 offshore wind zones within UK waters will bring new engineering and financial challenges. The Round 3 offshore wind energy generation development aims to deliver a quarter of the UK electricity needs by 2020, at a cost estimated to be around GBP75bn. The challenges of deep water installation require new technological approaches. Source: The IET/E&T

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