SPONSORS OF REGIONAL FOCUS
ODE GEARS UP FOR ROUND 3 WINDFARM CHALLENGES
AS INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CONTRACTOR ODE ENJOYS THE SUCCESS OF CURRENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORK FOR VATTENFALL’S ORMONDE WINDFARM PROJECT, THE FOCUS OF ITS GREAT YARMOUTH BASE IS ON OPPORTUNITIES IN ROUND 3 WINDFARM DEVELOPMENTS OFF THE EAST COAST.
Of particular interest will be the East Anglia Offshore Windfarm Zone (EAOW), located 14km off the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk and to be developed by Vattenfall with partners Scottish Power Renewables.
ROUND 3 INVOLVEMENT
Already, ODE has taken a first step into the Round 3 arena by providing its comprehensive design and project management service capabilities in early- stage assessment work.
EXPERIENCE
That new windfarm world may seem many moons from ODE’s pioneering work on the doorstep of its Great Yarmouth marine base when it project-managed the implementation of the 30 2MW turbines at the Scroby Sands site in 2004.
Two years ago, also from its Yarmouth base, ODE supported E.ON as works management contractor for the Robin Rigg windfarm in the Solway Firth, including managing high value contracts for the supply and installation of the foundations, turbines, cables and the substations. For that project, the 60 turbines moved up a scale to 3MW.
But at the Ormonde project, in the Irish Sea off Barrow, each of the 30 turbines is 5MW.
SERVICES
Kingston-headquartered ODE project managed Ormonde for Vattenfall from the early stages, taking it through from concept and front-end engineering design (FEED) to implementation.
All cable laying, including intrafield cable, is now complete – with no breakagaes - on the 42km electricity export link to the mainland National Grid. Last month, 22 of the 30 turbines were deployed and first power generation is only weeks away. On completion, it should produce around 500 gigawatt hours of electricity every year.
UK CABLE FIRST – SIZE CAN BE EVERYTHING!
The export cable was simultaneously laid and buried in one uninterrupted operation from the shore to the offshore substation. Vattenfall believes this is a UK first for a cable of that size. It weighs 3,500 tons, the same as eight fully loaded jumbo jets.
“We are seeing a new era in windfarm construction and ODE is delighted to be taking Ormonde through from concept to design, engineering, start-up and completion, on schedule for the end of the year,” said regional director Paul Chilvers.
“It is a big step up to 5MW turbines from those we worked on at Robin Rigg but that is natural progress for us as we develop from the Round 1 beginnings to the start of Round 3.
“At the same time, we’re working with Burntisland Fabrications on projects like the design and engineering of two substation platforms for the Gwynt Y Mor offshore wind farm, off the North Wales coast.
“But we remain close to our roots and continue to give engineering operations support to E.ON for the Scroby Sands windfarm – where it all began,” he added.
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