Swire Blue Ocean has signed a contract with Siemens to provide a vessel for the installation of 56 6MW turbines at the Galloper offshore wind farm.
The deal, as first reported exclusively in subscriber-only newsletter reNEWS, will see installation commence in April 2017.
Swire Blue Ocean general manager & director Lars Blicher said: “Swire Blue Ocean is pleased to support the Galloper offshore wind farm and congratulates the joint equity partners RWE Innogy, UK Green Investment Bank, Siemens Financial Services and Macquarie Capital with the green light for the project.”
Siemens Wind Power and Renewables UK Managing Director Clark MacFarlane said: “We are delighted to work with Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) on the Galloper project.
“The partnership that we have developed with SBO will enable Siemens and GWFL to successfully and safely execute the project.”
Image: Swire Blue Ocean’s Pacific Osprey vessel (Swire Blue Osprey)
