The maintenance work at the Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm is ongoing, depending on weather conditions.
This maintenance programme will involve the transfer of technicians out to selected turbines by Crew Transfer Vessels on a daily basis.
The Kingfisher Information Service – Offshore Renewable & Cable Awareness project (KIS-ORCA) has warned that two new Crew Transfer Vessel vessels, ‘Rhoscolyn Head’ and ‘Solway Challenger’, have joined the two vessels already in service, Solway Spirit and Windcat 3, and a wide berth is requested around these vessels at all times while on site but all mariners, especially fishermen, are requested to keep a wide berth from any turbine where it can be observed that these vessels are working.
It is possible that additional vessels will join during the winter months but this will be confirmed at a later date.
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Source: KIS-ORCA, December 4, 2013; Image: Natural Power