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| 5TH - 11TH SEPTEMBER 2014 | UTILITY WEEK
Operations & Assets
High viz
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sing an internal staircase, a
maintenance worker inspects
one of the 50 turbine towers
that make up the Sherbino 1 windfarm
in Pecos County, Texas, in the US. A
total of 14 staff are employed full time
in the upkeep of the facility.
Sherbino 1 is a 40 sq km site
owned 50:50 by BP Wind Energy and
NRG Energy, operated by BP. It was
commissioned in October 2008 and
has a peak output of 150MW from its
Inside job
