Cable burial actions on the inter-array routes throughout the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm web site have been accomplished, following the wrap-up of cable set up works in January.
The pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR) alongside the inter-array cable (IAC) routes was accomplished in November 2023 by the vessel Pacific Discovery.
The PGLR work began in March final yr and DEME’s vessel Viking Neptun put in the primary batch of IACs in Could 2023.
Viking Neptun accomplished the inter-array cable set up on 7 January this yr, with DEME’s Residing Stone commencing cable burial work the day after.
Each vessels have now left the offshore wind farm web site, in response to the newest Discover to Mariners from the Neart na Gaoithe undertaking crew.
The IAC termination and testing works, that are at the moment underway and are being carried out by the Normand Navigator vessel, are anticipated to proceed till Could 2024.
The 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm, positioned some 15 kilometres off the coast of Fife in Scotland, is predicted to provide its first energy this yr.
The primary of its 54 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind generators was put in in July 2023.
Neart na Gaoithe is owned by the three way partnership between EDF Renewables and ESB.
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