Ship&Offshore | Issue 08/2024
15-MW turbines off Scottish coast
Contract | Denmark-headquartered Cadeler, which operates the world’s largest fleet of jack-up offshore wind installation vessels, has won a contract to install 72 large turbines at Scotland’s Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm using one of its new M-class wind turbine installation vessels. The project, worth between EUR 114-130 million and due to start in the fourth quarter of 2026, will take place at the wind farm about 15km off the east coast of Scotland. When the 15-MW turbines are fully deployed at the end of the installation phase lasting about 250 days, the facility will be capable of generating sufficient electricity to supply about 1.6...