MPI Offshore is Triton Knoll’s preferred supplier for the transportation and installation of its offshore wind turbine foundations and substations.
MPI will install a total of 92 monopile foundations and transition pieces, plus two offshore substations as part of a turnkey contract at the circa 860MW East Coast wind farm project.
Triton Knoll project director, James Cotter, said: “MPI already has a great UK footprint and engagement with the UK supply chain, and we expect to now work even more closely with them to build on that, as we progress towards contract completion and start of offshore works.”
Innogy-managed
Additional scope for MPI includes the engineering, project management, quayside logistics and scour protection installation. The MPI Discovery jack-up vessel will lift, transport and install all the foundations.
The wind farm, a joint venture between Statkraft and Innogy, which is managing the project, is being developed with MPI to realise its commitment of delivering at least 50% of UK content across the project lifecycle.
The project is expected to trigger a capital expenditure investment of around GB£2bn into UK energy infrastructure to help deliver low-cost energy to UK consumers.
2020 offshore start
A financial investment decision is likely in 2018, with full onshore construction starting shortly afterwards and offshore construction starting in 2020.
First energy generation could be as early as mid-Q1 2021, with the project expecting to begin commissioning in 2021.
By Rebecca Jeffrey
