MHI Vestas Offshore Wind delivers turbine blades for 857 MW offshore wind farm in UK

The first batch of turbine blades for the 857 MW Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm has arrived at its chosen construction port in Teesside, United Kingdom. Triton Knoll, which is being constructed by RWE, will install and operate 90 MHI Vestas state-of-the-art V164-9.5 MW turbines, each stretching 164 meters tip to tip, and capable of powering a typical home for up to 29 hrs with a single rotation of its 80 meter long blades. MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will deliver the first 15 turbine blades at the Able Seaton Port, near Hartlepool, the turbines were manufactured at its Isle of Wight UK facility and finished at its Fawley plant across the Solent.

The site covers approximately 140,000 square meters with heavy duty deep water quays, a vital pre-requisite for a project the scale of Triton Knoll. The project is located over 32 kilometers off the Lincolnshire coast, with a turbine array that covers an area of 145 square kilometers. It is jointly owned by RWE, J-Power, and Kansai Electric Power, with RWE managing the wind farm’s construction and long-term operation and maintenance, works, on behalf of its project partners.

Port owner Able UK carried out extensive site preparation works from November last year. MHI Vestas, in turn, has now begun to prepare the site at ASP site for the impending arrival of turbine components, prioritizing UK companies in the delivery of the project. As a result, ASP now hosts technicians on-site from local suppliers, including Global Wind Service (GWS), Dawson and Boston Energy, as well as MHI Vestas employees. The main crane and Self-Propelled Modular Transporter (SPMT) to be used at ASP for moving turbine components will be supplied by Weldex, based out of Alfreton, UK.

This signals a major ramp up in MHI Vestas’ UK offshore wind activity supporting the leading role of offshore wind in the delivery of the UK’s Net Zero ambitions while helping drive a green economic recovery from the ongoing COVID pandemic.