Siemens Gamesa has signed a contract today with Danish company Ziton to upgrade the blades on turbines at the 389MW West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea.
The deal, which was first reported in the subscriber-only newsletter reNEWS, covers the components on the 108 3.6MW machines.
Ziton said the work, which will be carried out by jack-up Windserver, will start some time between 1 and 16 June and last 12 months.
It will provide jack-up, lifting, lift planning and technicians, as well as repair and repair facilities.
West of Duddon Sands is owned by Orsted and has been fully operational since October 2014.
Orsted and Ziton signed a jack-up vessel framework agreement on 1 May that will see the latter become the primary partner for major component replacement at the Danish energy company’s offshore wind farms for three years.
The new deal replaces a previous agreement that expired in March, Ziton said.
The company has also posted its results for the first quarter of 2019, income before tax falling to €866,000 from over €2.1m last year.
Revenue also fell in the latest period to just under €9.7m from €11.1m in 2018.
Ziton blamed the falls on “lower activity” for its vessels.