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Safety probe after rig collapse
ENERGY firm E.on has promised a new risk assessment of the Robin Rigg sandbank in the Solway Firth following a construction rig collapse there 12 days ago.
The promise has been made to Workington MP Tony Cunningham, who wants public reassurance that the seabed under the sandbank is stable enough to eventually support the weight of 60 420 ft turbines.
All work has been halted on the site of Britain's biggest offshore wind farm, seven miles off the coast of Maryport, while an accident investigation continues into why a working platform tipped over when a jack-leg crunched through the seabed.
September 28, 2007
in Times and Star
ENERGY firm E.on has promised a new risk assessment of the Robin Rigg sandbank in the Solway Firth following a construction rig collapse there 12 days ago.
The promise has been made to Workington MP Tony Cunningham, who wants public reassurance that the seabed under the sandbank is stable enough to eventually support the weight of 60 420 ft turbines.
All work has been halted on the site of Britain's biggest offshore wind farm, seven miles off the coast of Maryport, while an accident investigation continues into why a working platform tipped over when a jack-leg crunched through the seabed.... [continue via Web link]
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