The 398MW project is a joint venture between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables and over the coming months, a further 107 turbines will follow, installed by the specialist installation vehicles Sea Installer and Pacific Orca with completion expected in 2014.
“We’re very pleased to see the first turbine installed at this project, and it is a testament to the great work of the entire West of Duddon Sands teams that this first installation has gone so smoothly” said Henrik Scheinemann, Vice President of DONG Energy’s Wind Power business. “This project is very important for DONG Energy; it is our eighth wind farm in the UK and when completed will take us past the mark of 2.4GW of constructed capacity, well on the way to reaching our target of 6.5GW by 2020.”
The components for the wind farm are stored at the bespoke offshore wind installation and pre-assembly facility at Belfast Harbour ready to be transported to the construction site in the East Irish Sea. The installation vessels involved in the project are two of the most advanced vessels in the world and are working in tandem to complete foundation installation by the end of October 2013.
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