Warning system protects offshore wind farm
Tideland's warning equipment will protect the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm against collisions and accidental damage caused by shipping.
RWE npower renewables has awarded Tideland Signal a contract to supply warning equipment to protect the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm against collisions and accidental damage caused by shipping.
Announcing the award of the latest contract, RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y Môr Project Director, Toby Edmonds said: “I’m very pleased to be able to award this contract to the UK division of Tideland, providing yet another opportunity for a UK workforce to be able to engage with the offshore wind industry.”
Ian Burgess, sales manager at Tideland Signal Ltd, added: “We are delighted that Tideland Signal, in conjunction with group company Dabbrook Services, has been selected above others to fulfil this contract. The choice highlights the appeal of our approach: to provide innovative, low-maintenance products and systems based on our expertise and experience in the field of marine Aids to Navigation. Cost-effective packages – from initial system design with supply, assembly, testing and training, right through to installation, commissioning and maintenance contracts with in-house offshore qualified engineers are available.”
The services supplied by Tideland under the contract cover everything from design and supply through to commissioning, inspection and maintenance by offshore qualified engineers.
Equipment will be delivered in three main batches from 2011 to 2013 and the whole system will comply with Trinity House requirements as well as the International Association of Lighthouse Authority's (IALA) latest recommendations O-139 covering the marking of man-made offshore structures.
The Tideland package includes five two-mile fog signal stations (AB-560 AudioBeam Fog Signal and Sentry Visibility Detector) along with pairs of 5nm lanterns (MLED-155 MaxiHALO-60 Marine LED Lantern) to mark the nominated significant peripheral structures (SPS) as defined by IALA O-139. Further pairs of 5mn lanterns will be supplied to mark the remaining SPSs. There is also one Intermediate Peripheral Structure (IPS) marked with a pair of 2nm lanterns (MLED-155 MaxiHALO marine LED Lantern).
Supplied complete with mounting pedestals and brackets, the Tideland aids to navigation are synchronised with a combination of integral GPS Sync modules and hard wiring. All units will be connected to control and monitoring panels housed within Gwynt y Môr's wind turbine generator, which also contain power supplies and battery packs to provide back-up power for the aids to navigation for up to 96 hours in the event of mains power failure.
In addition to the permanent aids to navigation, Tideland Signal will also supply temporary marking lights with a range of 2nm provided by the robust and proven MLED-120SC unit with GPS Sync.
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