UK Company to Deliver Davit Cranes for Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm

February 11, 2025, by Adnan Memija

The developer of the Inch Cape offshore wind farm has awarded a contract to UK-based Granada Cranes to provide 72 davit crane units on one of Scotland’s largest offshore wind projects.

Granada Cranes has been contracted to design and supply two separate types of davit cranes, each to suit the mixed use of jacket and monopile foundation type design.

The company has already delivered a single davit crane for the offshore substation in 2024.

Granada Cranes is now looking to place orders and subcontract specialist areas of work to other local businesses, according to the company.

Production of the first batches from the factory is expected in the second quarter of 2025, and deliveries will continue until the end of the year.

Last month, Red Rock Renewables and ESB reached a financial close on the 1,080 MW Inch Cape offshore wind farm in Scotland.

Inch Cape was first awarded planning consent in 2014. The offshore wind farm has a 50-year lease with Crown Estate Scotland and has secured 15-year contracts with the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) through the UK government’s Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions in 2022 and 2024.

The project will feature 72 Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbines installed on a mix of monopile and jacket foundations, a single offshore substation platform, and two 85-kilometre AC export cables, delivering power to an onshore substation, currently under construction at Cockenzie, East Lothian.

The first power is expected in late 2026, with a commercial operation date in 2027.