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First turbine installed at Dudgeon

A2SEA has installed the first turbine at Dudgeon offshore windfarm, the first of 67 Siemens 6MW turbines to be installed for Statoil, Masdar and Statkraft

For the next few months, A2SEA’s Sea Challenger vessel will install the turbines being shipped from Green Port Hull in the UK. It’s the first time that the Port of Hull will be used as load out port for an offshore wind project.

Jens Frederik Hansen, CEO at A2SEA, said: “We have wide experience in handling the Siemens 6MW turbines, but it cannot be done without good team work. It is a great pleasure to once again work together with Siemens, but also our renewed cooperation and partnership with Statoil, which started on their first offshore wind project Sheringham Shoal, and now continues on the Dudgeon project.”

Since 1 September 2016, Sea Challenger has been used for offshore accommodation during completion and commissioning of the offshore substation at the windfarm.

The vessel has been jacked up to 20m above sea level and has provided accommodation for 80 people at work on the project including the A2SEA crew.

The Dudgeon offshore windfarm is owned by Statoil (35%), Masdar (35%) and Statkraft (30%) and is situated 32km off the coast of the seaside town of Cromer in North Norfolk in the UK.

When fully commissioned by 2017, the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm will provide well over 400,000 households with renewable power.

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  • United States
  • Anne-Marie Causer