Vestas earmarks Kent for wind turbine factory

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Danish firm signs option agreement for land at the Port of Sheerness to build its 7MW offshore machine

Vestas has signed an agreement that could see it buy 70 hectares of land at the Port of Sheerness in Kent, just weeks after announcing it was searching for a site to build its new 7MW offshore wind turbine....

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