Siemens has scooped a £516million contract to provide turbines for the Dudgeon windfarm project in the North Sea.
The deal will see the engineering firm providing 67 generators, which was given the go-ahead by the Department of Energy and Climate Change last year.
The field, around 20 miles off the coast of Cromer, will generate around 400MW once operational – enough to power 400,000 UK homes.
The contract, subject to final investment decisions in the project later this year, would see the first batch of turbines installed and operational in three years time, and covers maintenance for five years after installation.
“The new turbine contract will secure planned progress in the Dudgeon project towards full operation during 2017,” said Siri Espedal Kindem, renewble energy vice president of Statoil, which operates the site.
“Technology development is fundamental to optimising offshore wind industry costs and solutions, and the use of new large turbines such as these is a main contributor to reducing offshore wind costs.”
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