Innogy has selected MHI Vestas to supply 9.5MW turbines to the Contract for Difference winning 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea.
The developer and partner Statkraft will use 90 of the upgraded V164 machines, “one of the first in the world” to take advantage of the world’s most powerful turbine.
The deal is at the preferred supplier stage, which means “the wind farm project will now work with MHI Vestas to maximise and build on the manufacturer’s already strong UK footprint”.
Project director James Cotter said: “We achieved a successful result at the CfD auction thanks to a business case that was designed through collaboration with the supply chain and which puts cost reduction, low cost generation and UK content at the forefront of our project.
He added: “MHI Vestas is absolutely central to our business plan which aims to deliver at least 50% UK content over the lifetime of the project, while creating significant value for the UK and energy consumers from the delivery of our wind farm.”
A financial investment decision at Triton is due in 2018 with construction starting shortly afterwards. Work on the water will start in 2020 with first generation as early as mid-2021.
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