Jack-up vessel MPI Discovery has installed the first of 116 turbines at Eon’s 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm off the Sussex coast.
The vessel transports the components for eight machines in each trip from Esbjerg in Denmark to the site, Eon said. Each turbine will take around 24 hours to install.
Rampion will consist of MHI Vestas 3.45MW turbines and is scheduled to be complete in 2018.
A second vessel, the MPI Adventure, will support the installation from June onwards.
“After seven years of planning, development and initial construction, we are especially proud to have reached this major milestone, which will see the Rampion project really begin to take shape,” development and stakeholder manager Chris Tomlinson said.
“Over the coming months the 116 turbines will gradually be installed as we work towards the first generation of electricity later in the year.”
Image: First turbine at Rampion (Eon)
First turbine rises at Rampion
A total of 116 machines to be installed at 400MW project in the UK
By EBS