The set up of export cables at Dogger Financial institution C, the third part of the three.6 GW Dogger Financial institution Wind Farm within the UK, is scheduled to begin in early April.
The work will likely be carried out in three campaigns to put in three sections of export cable, with the primary marketing campaign beginning on or round 9 April 2024, when the cable laying vessel (CLV) NKT Victoria is predicted to begin work for the 1.2 GW offshore wind farm.
The vessel will first set up concrete mattresses on the Langeled and SEAL pipeline crossings, and the Dogger Financial institution B energy cable crossing, after which transfer onto cable set up.
NKT Victoria will concurrently lay and bury the export cable, besides on the crossings and in places the place seabed situations are unsuitable for simultaneous lay and burial; there, the cable will likely be floor laid.
The primary marketing campaign, which includes putting in the center part of the Dogger Financial institution C export cable, is predicted to be accomplished round 29 April. The part between landfall and the cable that’s set to be put in in April will likely be put in within the second marketing campaign, scheduled for August. The third marketing campaign will see the final cable part, the one working to Dogger Financial institution C offshore wind farm, put in in October 2024.
NKT is the principle contractor for the supply and set up of the high-voltage DC (HVDC) onshore and offshore export cable programs for all three Dogger Financial institution Wind Farm phases.
The corporate began the offshore export cable set up on the primary part, the 1.2 GW Dogger Financial institution A, in 2022 and accomplished the work in October final 12 months. In 2023, work began on the 1.2 GW Dogger Financial institution B.
The three-phase 3.6 GW Dogger Financial institution Wind Farm is being in-built UK waters some 130 kilometres off the coast of Yorkshire.
The development of Dogger Financial institution A is underway with the venture within the wind turbine set up stage and already having produced first energy. Nonetheless, the venture is now anticipated to be put into full operation in 2025 as an alternative of this 12 months, as initially deliberate, because the difficult climate situations had impacted wind turbine set up, and vessel availability and provide chain delays additional impacted progress, in keeping with SSE’s third-quarter buying and selling replace from February.
Dogger Financial institution B is predicted to be absolutely operational in 2025 and Dogger Financial institution C in 2026.
The Dogger Financial institution Wind Farm is owned by SSE Renewables (40 per cent), Equinor (40 per cent), and Vårgrønn (20 per cent). SSE and Equinor are additionally planning so as to add a fourth part, Dogger Financial institution D, to what is going to already be the world’s largest offshore wind farm. This a part of the venture continues to be within the planning and growth stage.
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