Innogy has contracted Danish shipping company Esvagt to provide a service operation vessel to support construction of the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm off the east coast of England.
Esvagt Froude will assist with the installation of the 90 MHI Vestas V164-9.5MW turbines.
Triton Knoll project director Julian Garnsey said: “Triton Knoll will be built around 30km off the coast and highlights the challenge of building larger turbines, further offshore and in deeper waters."
This has prompted a strategic decision by Innogy to place its construction management team offshore.
Traditionally, our offshore construction was coordinated from an onshore base, but as wind farms get bigger and further from shore, we needed to do more to cut down on transit times and improve our ability to respond quickly.
The Esvagt Froude provides a fully integrated on-site solution to offshore construction and so is far more cost-effective, helping to drive down the costs.”
Esvagt head of commercial Ib Hansen said: “We are really looking forward to working together with Innogy and to supplying safe and efficient transportation of personnel and equipment.”
Esvagt is also building another SOV that will support servicing of Triton Knoll project once the wind farm is completed.
Source:renews
