M500/3S offshore telescopic crane for Dudgeon Offshore substation platform successful tested

The crane is to be installed on the topside substation platform which is part of the Dudgeon offshore wind farm project.

Certified by LRS and designed according EN 13852:1 norms, the crane will have an SWL of 5 tons at 21 meters, 1 ton at 30 m (static) and 5 tons @ 10 meters, 2 tons @ 21 meters with 2 meters of significant wave high. The crane was commissioned to Sormec by Sembmarine SLP.

Sembmarine SLP was awarded the EPC contract for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm’s substation platform in September 2014 by Siemens Transmission & Distribution Limited. It will be installed at its final location approximately 32km North of Cromer, off the North Norfolk coast. The 1800 ton substation and 1500 ton jacket structure, will be centrally located within Dudgeons’ 402MW, 55 km² array of 67 offshore wind turbines.

The wind farm’s developer is Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited, a joint venture between Norwegian Energy firms Statoil and Statkraft, and Abu Dhabi based renewable energy company, Masdar.