UK: Teesside Wind Farm Foundation Installation Halfway Done

According to the Gazette Live, foundation installation work at Teesside wind farm, located 1.5 km off the Redcar coast, is over halfway done.

EDF Energy Renewables has installed 16 of the 27 monopile foundations at the site.

Construction works at the wind farm commenced in February.

The first turbines are likely to be fitted in late summer, while the wind farm’s power generation is expected to begin in early autumn.

Located off the coast of Redcar in North East England, the wind farm will be equipped with 27 offshore wind turbines supplied by Siemens. With a total installed capacity of 62 MW, it will power up the UK grid with the equivalent of the yearly electricity consumption of 40,000 households and will offset the annual release of approximately 200,000 tons of carbon dioxide.

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Offshore WIND staff, April 20, 2012; Image: seacore