Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has completed a contract to provide temporary power during turbine commissioning at the 752MW Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm, off the Netherlands.
MRE supplied modular temporary power packages, consisting of a 116 kVA generator, custom-built fuel tank and bespoke lifting frames to provide power for the 94 Siemens Gamesa Renewables 8.0-167 turbines.
MRE-owned Manor Venture, Manor Initiative and Manor Enterprise, alongside associated offshore personnel were also contracted by Ørsted to maintain and refuel the offshore generators.
Based out of the port of Vlissingen in The Netherlands, the MRE fleet maintained the 44 generators required during the construction phase of the wind farm.
At peak activity MRE provided three teams of three personnel over each 24-hour period.
MRE personnel created bespoke lifting plans and equipment to enable the generators positioned offshore to be recycled between turbines throughout the project.
Over course of the project, the vessels completed over 4400 safe transfers of personnel.
On completion of the temporary power requirement, MRE demobilised all sets from their respective transition pieces; all 44 units were then delivered to MRE’s home port of Portland, Dorset in the UK.
MRE project manager Simon Oakley said: “In what was an extremely challenging year with the COVID-19 pandemic and all the difficulties that entailed, we successfully delivered the complete temporary power solution during the construction phase of the Borssele 1 & 2 wind farm.
“We built on our existing relationship with Orsted during the course of the project and are looking forward to working with them again in the future.”