Photo of the Day: Seazip 3 Snaps Galloper Offshore Wind Farm

Seazip Offshore Service has posted a photo taken from its service vessel Seazip 3, showing commissioning works at the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm off the coast of Suffolk.

Seaway Heavy Lifting’s crane vessel Oleg Strashnov installed the offshore substation for the Galloper offshore wind farm in May.

In April, Seazip Offshore Service won a contract for the deployment of one of its service vessels to support installation work at the project.

Swire Blue Ocean’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Pacific Orca installed the first Siemens 6MW turbine on 16 May 2017, while 28 out of 56 turbines are currently up at the site. Earlier in September, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Bold Tern also joined the project to help out with the works and ensure a timely completion.

The offshore wind farm, an extension of the existing and fully operational Greater Gabbard, is expected to be completed late this year and to be commissioned in early 2018.