Boskalis’ DP set up vessel Bokalift 1 has put in the primary offshore substation platform (OSP) on the Moray West offshore wind farm web site in Scotland.
The heavy raise operations within the Port of Nigg and on-site have been accomplished safely and efficiently, in keeping with the developer Ocean Winds.
As offshore commissioning begins, the beforehand laid export cable will now be pulled into the OSP.
That is the primary of two OSPs the Moray West offshore wind farm will characteristic. The substations are Siemens Power’s offshore transformer modules (OTMs), delivered below a contract secured by the consortium of Siemens Power and Iemants, a subsidiary of Smulders.
Each OTMs have been fabricated at Smulders yard with Siemens Power managing the fit-out of their tools onto the OTMs from their Manchester base.
The consortium companions loaded out and dispatched the topsides initially of final month, with the OTMs arriving in Scotland by mid-November.
On the finish of November, the primary batch of transition items (TPs), together with the 2 for the offshore substations, arrived on the Port of Nigg within the Cromarty Firth.
Bokalift 1‘s scope of labor entails the set up of the J-Tube cages, transition items (TP), and topsides for each Moray West offshore substations.
As Bokalift 1 strikes to put in the second OSP, Bokalift 2 continues to set up monopiles on web site, because the winter climate home windows enable, mentioned Ocean Winds.
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Positioned off the east coast of Scotland within the Moray Firth, the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm is developed and majority-owned by Ocean Winds, with Lithuania’s Ignitis Group holding a minority share.
The mission will comprise 60 Siemens Gamesa 14.7 MW wind generators and is scheduled to be totally operational in 2025. As soon as totally commissioned, Moray West is anticipated to satisfy the electrical energy necessities of about 650,000 households in Scotland for 25 years.
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