A new type of converter station for wind power that enables electricity to travel over long distances is set to be installed near the site of an offshore wind farm in the North Sea in the next few days. On a barge in the Dutch harbour of Vlissingen, waiting to be pulled out to sea, the 60 metre-high base towered over workers soldering, hammering and carrying equipment into the 3,500 tonne electricity converter station it will support.
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