Construction kicks off at 1.1GW Inch Cape wind farm

Inch Cape monopiles

Construction has started at Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm, and giant Chinese XXL monopile foundations are confirmed to be on their way to the Scottish port of Montrose.

A 70-metre floating pontoon and quayside cranes will be part of the work needed to transform the port into an operations and maintenance base for the wind farm, which is owned in a 50-50 joint venture by ESB and Red Rock Renewables.

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