Marine engineering outfit London Marine Consultants (LMC) has been appointed as the principal designer on the TwinHub floating wind project in the Celtic Sea.
London Marine Consultants (LMC) has been contracted as principal designer for Hexicon’s project after securing the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract.
The TwinHub project comprises a 32MW of floating wind farm to be located at the former Wave Hub site, 16 km off the coast of Hayle in Cornwall, south-west England.
The project is set to be the first ever floating offshore wind farm to be built in the Celtic Sea, having been awarded a Contract for Difference in July’s auction round.
LMC specialises in marine engineering design and provision of mooring systems and has “extensive experience” of offshore projects requiring installation, logistics, heavy lift engineering and decommissioning.
LMC will work with a team of specialist contractors, including Sowento, Ryder Geotechnical, DNV, and Proeon Systems to support the success of the project as it moves into construction, installation, and start-up.
The offshore site investigation works with geophysical surveys has just commenced and the results of the final project will be used to progress the FEED for the project, which is developed by Hexicon and supported by Bechtel.
The project will see the deployment of Hexicon’s patented TwinWind technology, which is expected to be the first dual turbine floating foundation deployed at large scale globally.
“We are excited to secure the high-profile FEED contract as Principal Designer for the TwinHub project. Having the opportunity to be part of this unique project which sets a standard for how future floating projects are planned and executed at scale is incredibly gratifying.
“We are pleased to be part of the Floating Offshore Wind-history being written with this project,” said Nick Palmer, Director at LMC.
James Brown, Managing Director of TwinHub, added: “We have full confidence in LMC for this work and it feels great to have their expertise involved in the project moving forward.
“Their reputation and knowledge in the field speaks for itself and will be highly valuable in optimising the TwinWind technology for deployment at the TwinHub project.”