Engineering specialist Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has won its third seabed clearance contract in the North Sea for Dong Energy’s newest wind farm offshore Yorkshire.
For the Westermost Rough development, eight kilometres off the Yorkshire coast, east of Hull, Ecosse will deploy its SCAR modular trenching system on up to 35 array cable routes.
The works are expected to conclude in the third quarter of this year.
The £800million Westermost Rough wind farm will contain 35 turbines of 6MW capacity, covering a total area of 35 square kilometres and is expected to provide enough electricity to power more than 200,000 UK homes.
The award follows extensive trials with Dong and previous renewable energy campaigns on Humber Gateway in the Humber Estuary and the Baltic 2 wind farm project offshore Germany.
“Our technology has a proven track record in providing speedy, accurate and cost effective seabed clearance operations and this was a key factor in the contract award,” said Keith McDermott, Ecosse Subsea Systems.
“We are delighted to be working again with Dong Energy and look forward to delivering a safe and effective project.”
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