Thistle Wind Companions (TWP), a consortium involving DEME, Qair, and Aspiravi, has awarded Ramboll the contract for pre-FEED (Entrance-Finish Engineering Design) of the foundations for its 1 GW Bowdun offshore wind farm in Scotland.
The scope of labor contains the substructure design for the wind generators consisting of a base-case jacket design idea for water depths of as much as 70 metres. As well as, the work will even think about varied parallel geotechnical sensitivity assessments to advise on the longer term growth of the wind farm, mentioned TWP.
The Denmark-headquartered firm will even present offshore substation basis ideas for the Bowdun mission and TWP’s 1 GW Ayre offshore wind farm.
“Assessing the foundations in a holistic method and with enter to the general supply package deal, together with fabrication and logistics, is considered one of our key providers available on the market,” mentioned Tim Fischer, International Govt Director Wind at Ramboll.
TWP mentioned that the design will contribute to establishing a full design envelope for the tasks and assist decide the fabrication, transport, and set up necessities at a later stage. As soon as this work is accomplished, FEED and detailed design procurement is predicted to start within the spring of subsequent yr, based on TWP.
“These contract bulletins show the nice progress we now have made on the idea designs for each of our tasks. Additional tenders for design and engineering help might be introduced on our personal web site and on the North Sea Transition Authority’s Vitality Pathfinder,” mentioned Ian Taylor, Challenge Director at TWP.
The information follows the latest announcement by COWI that they’ve been awarded the contract to supply complete pre-FEED research for the onshore and offshore electrical and civil designs for each tasks.
TWP began growing its tasks in January 2022 after profitable seabed lease choices from Crown Property Scotland for the 1 GW Ayre and the 1 GW Bowdun wind farms.
The Ayre floating wind farm is positioned 33 kilometres to the east of Orkney, whereas the Bowdun fixed-foundation mission is located 47 kilometres off the coast of Aberdeenshire.
A last funding resolution for each Ayre and Bowdun is deliberate for 2028 if consent is achieved in 2025.
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