GE Renewable Energy has selected transport firm Mammoet UK to supply onshore heavy lifting and transport for the staging and assembly of turbine components for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm.
Dogger Bank Wind Farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn, is between 130 and 190 km off the north-east coast of England.
Mammoet UK’s headquarters in Teesside is located just 12 miles from the project and will deploy multiple lifting and transport crews to support the loading of equipment and tower assembly in the marshalling harbor.
The team will utilise cranes and self-propelled modular transporter (SPMT) axles at Able Seaton Port, the Dogger Bank Wind Farm marshalling harbour.
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GE will start preparing the marshalling harbour and receiving components at the end of 2022.
Nathan Fahey, GE project director for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, commented on Mammoet UK contribution, “The cranes and associated equipment the company will provide and operate for us will be essential to the smooth operation of our marshalling harbor on Teesside, where 277 sets of blades, nacelles and towers of our Haliade-X wind turbines will be erected and transit over the course of the project. We believe Mammoet has the right expertise and equipment to be an excellent partner for us.”
Dogger Bank will be built in three phases, A, B and C. Each phase will be able to produce 6TWh of renewable electricity, totaling 18TWh annually. When complete in 2026, the project will power the equivalent of six million UK homes each year or around 5% of the UK’s electricity demand.
