November 20, 2015
RWE Innogy UK has today (Nov 2015) announced the award of the contract to design, manufacture and install the wind turbine foundations for the Galloper offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Suffolk. The foundations are the steel monopiles and transition pieces that are driven into the seabed to provide the solid base for the wind turbines.
The contract is worth in excess of £250million, and has been awarded to GeoSea, a specialist in complex offshore marine engineering projects. GeoSea are sub-contracting Sif Group & Smulders to produce the monopiles and transition pieces.
Announcing the award of the latest contract, Toby Edmonds, Galloper Project Director said;
“We’re delighted to announce the award of this contract which is an important piece of the Galloper jigsaw and moves the project a step closer to completion. It continues to gather fantastic momentum on a daily basis and we remain on target to start construction later this year.”
The project once completed will provide significant clean energy and carbon reduction benefits in the UK. It is estimated that the average annual generation expected at the site could be equivalent to the approximate domestic needs of around 336,000 average UK households1.