Construction

DEME Offshore’s Viking Neptun installation vessel and a foundation

Second HVDC offshore substation platform installed at Dogger Bank Wind Farm by the Saipem 7000 vessel

The Saipem S7000 heavy lift vessel ready to install the topside

A challenging process

The construction of an offshore wind farm is a challenging process requiring many years of meticulous development and design work ahead of a number of years of manufacturing and construction activity.

At Dogger Bank, construction is progressing across all three phases with a significant number of milestones passed, including:

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Foundation transition pieces await installation.

General works

The construction activity both onshore and offshore includes:

  • Construction and installation of the offshore wind farm infrastructure
  • Installation of subsea and underground high voltage cables
  • Construction of three converter stations and substation infrastructure
  • Temporary provision of marshalling and construction facilities at Able Seaton Port during turbine installation

Each turbine blade is 107m long which is twice the wingspan of the Angel of the North

Angel Of the North compared to wind turbine blade.

Onshore cable installation underway at Dogger Bank A.

The operational facilities at Port of Tyne are complete

Onshore works

The onshore works include:

  • Construction of export cable landfall points to the north of Ulrome in the East Riding of Yorkshire and at Redcar on Teesside
  • Installation of underground cables from the landfall sites to three new converter stations
  • Construction of three converter stations
  • Installation of underground cable from the new converter stations to the existing Creyke Beck and Teesside substations
  • Completion of the state-of-the-art operational facilities at the Port of Tyne

 

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The 'Voltaire' installation vessel fully loaded with turbines

Offshore works

Our offshore construction work includes:

  • Installation of subsea cable infrastructure (inter-array) within the wind farm site and the export cables
  • Installation of 277 monopile foundations and transition pieces
  • Installation of three offshore substation platforms
  • Installation of the wind turbine components

 

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