Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) today (27 July) informed that it had designed, built and delivered a 700Te carousel to a major international infrastructure group, which will be used for the storage of cables required for UK offshore wind farm projects. ESS did not disclose the name of the client.
The 700Te carousel has been designed with the capacity to be upgraded to 1700Te.
The design and project management phases were conducted at ESS headquarters in Banchory near Aberdeen, with partial manufacture undertaken at ESS subsidiary firm MASfab in County Durham.
ESS stated it will now look to win similar orders for the design and construction of carousels for onshore and offshore use.
Kevin Harper , ESS project manager, said: “There is a growing market for storage carousels for use in the renewables sector and we will leverage our experience to meet this market requirement while exploring other opportunities in traditional subsea oil and gas projects. Most discerning companies tend to prefer key infrastructure built by suppliers with a proven track history of delivery of similar equipment.”
This is the second onshore storage carousel ESS have delivered, having previously completed a 800Te offshore-rated unit on behalf of a major renewables client, the company said.