Vestas delivers first batch of turbine blades for 857 MW Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm in Lincolnshire

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.

The first 15 turbine blades to arrive at the Able Seaton Port, near Hartlepool, were manufactured by MHI Vestas at its Isle of Wight UK facility and finished at its Fawley plant across the Solent.

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. 

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.

MHI Vestas recently moved onto the 140,000 sq meter Able Seaton Port, where it is establishing a full turbine logistics and a pre-assembly hub for the RWE-managed joint venture project.