Scottish fabricator BiFab has secured a contract to supply pin piles for the EDPR-led 950MW Moray East wind farm off the east coast of Scotland.
The company, which is owned by Canadian outfit JV Driver, will manufacture the components at its Arnish fabrication site on the island of Lewis.
A statement from Driver subsidiary DF Barnes said: “We can confirm that plans are continuing to get the Arnish yard back to work producing piles for the Moray East wind farm.”
It is understood the facility will be used to produce 150 pin piles for the 100 turbine project.
Details of BiFab’s role in the project were first reported in the subscriber-only reNEWS late last year.
UAE-based fabricator Lamprell is meanwhile gearing up to make 48 jacket foundations for the project from facilities in Harmriyah and Sharjah and will start production in quarter two of this year.
DEME Offshore is the the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contractor for the project’s foundations and has not yet awarded the remaining bases to yards.
The company will install foundations at the project and jack-up vessel Apollo is set to begin pre-piling works later this year.
The Lewis yard (pictured) was last used to make foundation components for SSE’s 588MW Beatrice project, also off Scotland.