Offshore staff
LEIDEN, the Netherlands – The Dogger Bank wind farm joint venture has contracted Heerema Marine Contractors to transport and install the Dogger Bank C offshore substation. This is the third 1.2-GW phase of the development: Dogger Bank C covers a 560-sq km (216-sq mi) area, 196 km (122 mi) from the coast of northeast England.
Hereema’s scope will include T&I of the 3,500-metric ton (3,858-ton) jacket foundation, four main piles, and the 9,500-metric ton (10,472-ton) offshore substation topsides.
It will perform offshore lifting to position the jacket foundation on the scour bed, using the main piles to provide jacket on-bottom stability. The offshore substation will be lifted from a barge prior to set-down on the jacket foundation. Dogger Bank’s partners are SSE Renewables, Equinor, and Eni. SSE Renewables is leading the development and construction while Equinor will take over as operator on completion in 2026.
The partners claim that this will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, with an overall capacity of 3.6 GW that should cover 5% of the UK’s electricity demand.
3/19/2022
