The final blade on the 88-turbine Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off Norfolk was bolted into place yesterday.
Developer Scira said with the 88 turbines now in place and 46 turbines connected to the national grid, the 317MW development was on track to be fully operational later this year.
The wind farm has been generating electricity since August last year when the first turbine began producing power.
Scira general manager Einar Strømsvåg said work will continue on cable burial prior to full hand over to operator, Scira Offshore Energy.
“The completion of every construction stage is the culmination of a huge amount of effort and coordination but the end of the turbine installation phase is a particularly visible and symbolic milestone,” he said.
The team on-board jack-up Seajacks Leviathan completed the installation of the last turbine yesterday. The vessel has now demobilised and left the field for her next project.
The Leviathan has worked in tandem with second jack-up vessel GMS Endeavour for the past five months completing the erection of the Siemens 3.6MW turbines.
Energy firms Statoil and Statkraft own the wind farm through joint venture company Scira, while Statoil has been the project manager throughout construction.
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