Granada Material Handling has won a contract to supply davit cranes for Dong Energy’s 1.2GW Hornsea 1 wind farm off the Yorkshire coast.
A crane will be fixed to the foundation platforms of each of the 174 7MW Siemens turbines, Dong said.
Granada will assemble and test the 174 three-tonne devices at its facility in Rochdale near Manchester. Each crane can lift one tonne.
Hornsea 1, the largest offshore wind farm announced to date, is scheduled to start operating in 2019.
“We’re delighted to award another UK firm a contract to supply Hornsea Project One,” project director Duncan Clark said.
“It’s such a huge project and so really great to see contracts of all sizes benefitting UK firms.”
Granada director Mark Sidwell said: “The Hornsea Project One contract is not only great news for Granada but also for our UK based supply chain.”
Image: Siemens
